Musiala Shines as Bayern Munich Thrashes Union Berlin 7-0
On a night when Bayern Munich ran riot, Jamal Musiala took centre stage.
The 21-year-old delivered one of his sharpest performances of the season in a 7-0 demolition of Union Berlin in the fourth round of the Bundesliga, a display that felt like a line in the sand after months of uncertainty.
The breakthrough came from his right boot. In the 18th minute, Musiala drifted into space, sized up the far corner and lashed a powerful strike beyond the goalkeeper. The ball flew in, the Allianz Arena roared, and Bayern never looked back.
That goal did more than open the scoring. It set the rhythm for a ruthless Bayern performance and signalled that Musiala is edging back towards his best. The fluid touches, the sharp changes of direction, the constant threat between the lines – they were all back on show.
But the real story lay in the clock.
For the first time in months, Musiala stayed on the pitch until the final whistle. Ninety full minutes. For a player who had spent the start of the season wrestling with serious health concerns, it was a landmark.
"Every game is a new step forward," he said afterwards, describing the feeling of completing a full match again as wonderful. You could see what it meant to him. You could sense what it meant to Bayern.
Musiala’s absence had been one of the most worrying subplots of Bayern’s early campaign. Injury had ruled him out at the start of the season, but the concern deepened when he suffered two sudden collapses in preparatory matches. He later revealed he had a neurological disorder that caused short episodes of loss of consciousness, a diagnosis that turned every training session and every appearance into a question about his long-term wellbeing.
Against Union Berlin, those questions didn’t vanish, but for 90 minutes they moved into the background. The focus shifted back to what Musiala does with the ball at his feet.
Vincent Kompany made that point clearly. Speaking to German newspaper Bild, the Bayern coach underlined just how significant this outing was for his young star.
"He played 90 minutes and scored a goal," Kompany said, stressing that attention can now return to Musiala’s level on the pitch after weeks in which his condition dominated the headlines.
The timing could hardly be more important. Musiala now links up with the Germany squad for the international break, where new head coach Jürgen Klopp will be eager to build him into his plans. For Musiala, it is another chance to sharpen his rhythm and push his fitness and form another notch higher.
While his story provided the emotional core of the evening, Bayern’s attack delivered the spectacle.
- Harry Kane struck twice, as clinical as ever in front of goal.
- Michael Olise tore through Union with a hat-trick, adding his own flourish to a ruthless attacking display.
- Ismaël Saibari joined the party with another goal to complete the 7-0 scoreline.
By the end, Union Berlin were simply overwhelmed. Bayern, on the other hand, walked off to a standing ovation, carrying not just three points but a sense that something important had clicked.
Seven goals, a statement win, and Jamal Musiala back for the full 90. As the international break begins, that might be the most significant number of all.
