Stuttgart 0-5 Bayern Munich: Visitors claim 'autumn championship' after Serge Gnabry scores hat-trick and Robert Lewandowski nets brace in 10th successive Bundesliga win at VFB as leaders move nine points clear
- Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick in Bayern's derby rout on Tuesday night
- The winger set up two more for record-breaking Robert Lewandowski
- He equalled Gerd Muller's league record of 42 goals in a single calendar year
Bayern Munich's Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick and set up two more for record-breaking Robert Lewandowski in a 5-0 demolition of hosts VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday, that opened up a nine-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.
The Bavarians, who secured the unofficial 'autumn championship' ahead of next week's start of the three-week winter break and are chasing a record-extending 10th consecutive league title, now have 40 points from 16 matches.
Second-placed Borussia Dortmund, on 31 from 15 games, are in action on Wednesday against Greuther Fuerth.
![Bayern Munich's Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 demolition of hosts VfB Stuttgart](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/14/19/51788593-0-image-a-13_1639508508469.jpg)
Bayern Munich's Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 demolition of hosts VfB Stuttgart
Gnabry, who had six efforts on goal in the first half alone, put the visitors in front in the 40th minute, curling a shot into the far top corner, and grabbed his second goal in the 53rd.
He then found Lewandowski, who chipped the ball over keeper Florian Mueller, for Bayern's third goal in the 69th and teed up another one for the Polish striker with an unselfish cutback.
Lewandowski's second goal of the evening meant he equalled Gerd Muller's 1972 record of 42 Bundesliga goals in a single calendar year. He can break the record in their last league game of the year against VfL Wolfsburg on Friday.
![Gnabry set up two more for record-breaking Robert Lewandowski on Tuesday night](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/14/19/51789231-0-image-a-15_1639509719129.jpg)
Gnabry set up two more for record-breaking Robert Lewandowski on Tuesday night
Gnabry got his reward for being unselfish, scoring his hat-trick in the 74th to complete the rout.
Stuttgart, who saw their three-game unbeaten run come to an end, are on 17 points in 15th.
![His second equalled Gerd Muller's league record of 42 goals in a single calendar year](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/14/19/51788697-0-image-a-14_1639508838143.jpg)
His second equalled Gerd Muller's league record of 42 goals in a single calendar year
![Julian Nagelsmann's men were crowned 'autumn champions' after Tuesday's derby victory](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/14/19/51789437-0-image-a-16_1639510125561.jpg)
Julian Nagelsmann's men were crowned 'autumn champions' after Tuesday's derby victory
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