Bayern edge out Wolfsburg as Bundesliga kicks off
Friday, August 22, 2014
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Champions FC Bayern München started the Bundesliga season with a 2-1 home win against VfL Wolfsburg thanks to goals either side of the break from Thomas Müller and Arjen Robben.
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• German champions Bayern open the campaign with a 2-1 home success against Wolfsburg.
• Thomas Müller and Arjen Robben score either side of the interval to put Bayern in command.
• Ivica Olić (52) pulls one back for Wolfsburg on his 200th Bundesliga appearance.
• Bayern have now won 13 straight at home against Wolfsburg – the Bundesliga record for the most consecutive home wins against a single opponent is 14.
• 17-year-old Gianluca Gaudino becomes the fourth youngest Bundesliga debutant for Bayern.
• Holger Badstuber makes his first league start for Bayern since December 2012 after two cruciate ligament ruptures.