Wolfsburg 4-1 Bayern Munich

Neither club had played a competitive game since the weekend before Christmas

Bayern Munich suffered a first meaningful Bundesliga defeat in over two years as they lost to Wolfsburg.

Bayern's only league defeats since October 2012 had come after they wrapped up last season's title but they returned from the six-week winter break in unfamiliar fashion.

Bas Dost opened the scoring after four minutes and volleyed home a second in first-half injury-time.

Kevin De Bruyne scored a goal either side of Juan Bernat's strike.

The result - Bayern's first league defeat since April - sees second-placed Wolfsburg close the gap on the leaders to eight points.

This was Wolfsburg's first competitive game since the death of Belgian midfielder Junior Malanda

There was a minute's applause before the game for 20-year-old Wolfsburg first-team player Junior Malanda, who died in a car crash earlier this month.

And what followed was an equally fine tribute.

Pep Guardiola's Bayern had only conceded four goals in the first half of the Bundesliga season, comprising 17 games before the winter break, but 73 minutes into the second part of the campaign that tally had been doubled.

Wolfsburg took the lead with their first chance of the game as they swiftly counter-attacked after Thomas Muller lost possession near the box, De Bruyne laying the ball across to Dost who slotted home in lots of space.

Both sides squandered chances before Dost, a 25-year-old uncapped Dutch striker, hit a wonderful first-time volley from the edge of the box as an attempted clearance fell into his path.

Wolfsburg started the second half in similar attacking fashion as Daniel Caligiuri fired wide, but they did not have to wait long for goal number three.

De Bruyne - starting his run in the Wolfsburg half - latched onto a Max Arnold through ball, took a few touches and slotted past Manuel Neuer from the edge of the box.

Seconds later a comeback looked a possibility when Naldo miscontrolled the ball to Bernat, who scored into an empty net.

But the expected onslaught never materialised and Wolfsburg's Dost, Arnold and Luiz Gustavo all missed chances for a fourth before De Bruyne killed the match off.

Arnold again played a ball from his own half for the former Chelsea attacking midfielder, who wrong-footed defender Dante before smashing the ball past Neuer into the roof of the net.

Things look poised to get even better for Wolfsburg, who are suddenly back in with an outside shot of the title, with Germany World Cup winner Andre Schurrle expected to join from Chelsea in a £22m deal before transfer deadline day.

Pep Guardiola said after the game: "Congratulations to Wolfsburg, they did really well. We deserved to lose."

The last time Bayern conceded four goals in a league game was in April 2009, again to Wolfsburg - who won 5-1 and went onto win the title

Manuel Neuer was beaten as many times in 73 minutes as in the previous 17 league games

Bas Dost is the first player in 102 Bundesliga games - about three years - to score a brace against Bayern Munich

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Line-ups

Wolfsburg

• 1Benaglio
• 8Vieira de Freitas
• 25Naldo
• 31Knoche
• 34Rodriguez
• 27ArnoldBooked at 43mins
• 22DiasBooked at 90mins
• 7CaligiuriSubstituted forHuntat 86'minutes
• 14De Bruyne
• 9PerisicSubstituted forSchäferat 81'minutes
• 12DostSubstituted forBendtnerat 83'minutes

Substitutes

• 3Bendtner
• 4Schäfer
• 5Klose
• 10Hunt
• 20Grün
• 24Jung
• 30Seguin

Bayern Munich

• 1Neuer
• 20RodeSubstituted forWeiserat 51'minutes
• 17Boateng
• 4Costa Santos
• 18Bernat
• 3AlonsoBooked at 43mins
• 10Robben
• 31SchweinsteigerBooked at 47mins
• 27Alaba
• 25MüllerSubstituted forGötzeat 71'minutes
• 9LewandowskiSubstituted forPizarroat 71'minutes

Substitutes

• 5Benatia
• 14Pizarro
• 16Gaudino
• 19Götze
• 23Reina
• 28Badstuber
• 30Weiser

Referee:

Tobias Welz

Attendance:

30,000

Match Stats

Home TeamWolfsburgAway TeamBayern Munich

Possession

Home32%

Away68%

Shots

Home13

Away16

Shots on Target

Home6

Away7

Corners

Home1

Away5

Fouls

Home13

Away15

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, VfL Wolfsburg 4, FC Bayern München 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+2'

Second Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 4, FC Bayern München 1.

Booking

Posted at 90'+1'

Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 90'+1'

Mario Götze (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg).

Posted at 90'

Corner, VfL Wolfsburg. Conceded by Mitchell Weiser.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Juan Bernat (FC Bayern München).

Posted at 89'

Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 87'

Attempt missed. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by David Alaba with a cross.

Substitution

Posted at 86'

Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Aaron Hunt replaces Daniel Caligiuri.

Posted at 85'

Attempt missed. Claudio Pizarro (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Juan Bernat.

Posted at 85'

Attempt missed. Juan Bernat (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 85'

Attempt blocked. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mario Götze with a headed pass.

Substitution

Posted at 83'

Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Nicklas Bendtner replaces Bas Dost.

Posted at 83'

Offside, FC Bayern München. Arjen Robben tries a through ball, but Juan Bernat is caught offside.

Posted at 82'

Attempt saved. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.

Substitution

Posted at 81'

Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Marcel Schäfer replaces Ivan Perisic.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Mitchell Weiser (FC Bayern München).

Posted at 79'

Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Jerome Boateng (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Naldo (VfL Wolfsburg).

Posted at 76'

Foul by Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München).

Posted at 76'

Daniel Caligiuri (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 76'

Foul by Xabi Alonso (FC Bayern München).

Posted at 76'

Robin Knoche (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Mitchell Weiser (FC Bayern München).

Posted at 74'

Ricardo Rodriguez (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Goal!

Posted at 73'

Goal! VfL Wolfsburg 4, FC Bayern München 1. Kevin De Bruyne (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Arnold following a fast break.

Posted at 71'

Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Diego Benaglio.

Posted at 71'

Attempt saved. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, FC Bayern München. Mario Götze replaces Thomas Müller.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, FC Bayern München. Claudio Pizarro replaces Robert Lewandowski.

Posted at 70'

Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 70'

Foul by Naldo (VfL Wolfsburg).

Posted at 69'

Attempt missed. Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Naldo.

Posted at 68'

Attempt missed. Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Posted at 68'

Foul by Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München).

Posted at 68'

Luiz Gustavo (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern München).

Posted at 67'

Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick on the right wing.

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