Bayern Munich equal European record with victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach | OneFootball

Another three points taken by Bayern Munich from their Matchday 8 encounter away to Borussia Mönchengladbach saw head coach Vincent Kompany’s side equal the record for most consecutive wins at the start of a season across Europe’s top five leagues, as data taken from Opta Franz confirms.

Following their 2-1 victory over bitter rivals Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker on Matchday 7, which saw the Munich outfit become the first ever Bundesliga club to start a season with 12 wins in all competitions, Der Rekordmeister’s 3-0 downing of Gladbach on Saturday took them one further, equalling a record which has stood for over 20 years.

The record in question belonged to Italian giants AC Milan, who began the 1992/93 campaign with 13 wins on the trot – a record which they now share with the Bundesliga league-leaders, thanks to unanswered goals from Joshua Kimmich, Raphaël Guerreiro, and rising starlet Lennart Karl.

One more win for Kompany’s side would mean his Bayern side will have had the outright best start to a season ever across Europe’s top five leagues. The Bavarians are next in action midweek on 29 October, when they travel to Cologne to take on the Billy Goats in a DFB Cup showdown.

GGFN | Sam Carey