Munich scores 1000th win

Bundesliga’s top-scorer Robert Lewandowski then joined the party with a glancing header in the 62nd minute before Thomas Muller added their fourth goal with a well-taken penalty, the Guardian reported.

It was Bayern’s 10th win out of 10 games in the Bundesliga.

Guardiola has won 19 titles in his career as either coach of Barcelona or Bayern, but has been linked to Premier League clubs Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City by reports from the United Kingdom media.

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben sparkled on his comeback from injury after nearly two months, scoring the champions’ first goal in a 4-0 demolition of Cologne on Saturday for their 1,000th victory in the Bundesliga that put them 10 points clear at the top.

The Bavarian giants bounced back from the disappointment of Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat at Arsenal in the Champions League – their first loss of the season – in emphatic style. He said: ‘I don’t want to look too far ahead. “I was very happy to be back on the pitch”, Robben said.

Leverkusen warmed up for the visit of struggling Stuttgart on Saturday with four goals in the wild 4-4 draw with Roma on Tuesday, but only eight goals in the Bundesliga make it one of worst attacking sides in the league.

Karim Bellarabi pulled one back – shortly after coming on as a substitute – only for Lukas Rupp to restore the visitors’ two-goal advantage when he was set up by Timo Werner.

“I had already prepared a congratulatory letter for their 1000th win, but I had hoped that we could send it out next week”, quipped Cologne coach Peter Stoeger.

However, Guardiola is said to prefer a move to London and would prioritise a switch to the capital if his time in Germany comes to an end in May.

Daniel Caligiuri – who scored the only goal against Darmstadt with a deflected strike – is confident that Wolfsburg can produce an impressive display and take another step on the road to the final.

Frankfurt had 19-year-old Marc Stendera to thank for ending their five-game run without a win.