Bayern Munich secure 34th German title with 4-2 win over Stuttgart

Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga title on Sunday, beating VfB Stuttgart 4-2 at the Allianz Arena to seal the championship with four league games remaining. The victory made Bayern champions of Germany’s top division for a record-extending 34th time.

Stuttgart, who began the day third in the table, briefly threatened to delay the celebrations when Chris Führich put the visitors ahead in the 21st minute. Bayern responded quickly and decisively before halftime. Raphaël Guerreiro equalized in the 31st minute, Nicolas Jackson put Bayern in front two minutes later, and Alphonso Davies added a third in the 37th to complete a three-goal burst in six minutes. Harry Kane made it 4-1 in the 52nd minute before Chema Andrés pulled one back for Stuttgart in the 88th.

The title-clinching equation had become simple after Borussia Dortmund lost at Hoffenheim on Saturday. That result meant Bayern needed only a point from Sunday’s match to secure the crown, and Vincent Kompany’s side removed any doubt by taking all three after recovering from an early deficit.

The championship is Bayern’s 34th in the Bundesliga era, according to Bundesliga.com, and the club’s 35th German championship overall when titles won before the Bundesliga’s founding are included. It is another marker of the club’s sustained domestic dominance and extends Bayern’s lead as the most successful side in German league history.

Bundesliga.com named Davies man of the match after his goal helped swing the contest firmly in Bayern’s favor. The title is Bayern’s 13th Bundesliga crown in the past 14 seasons, underlining the scale of their control of the competition. It came against a Stuttgart team that had lost only two of its previous 16 league matches, making Sunday’s comeback win a fitting way for Bayern to finish the job.