Robert Lewandowski scored twice as Bayern Munich ensured a record fifth straight Bundesliga title with a 6-0 rout of Wolfsburg on Saturday.
Lewandowski took his season tally to a joint league-leading 27 goals for Bayern to seal its 27th German title overall with three games to spare.
“Winning the championship is never a given,” Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said.
No German side had won more than three titles in a row before Bayern made it four last year.
This fifth title will help Carlo Ancelotti’s side get over its recent Champions League and German Cup exits to Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund respectively.
Bayern leads second-placed Leipzig by 10 points and can no longer be overtaken.
Wolfsburg, languishing one point above the relegation zone in its worst ever Bundesliga season, offered little resistance.
Lewandowski and Thomas Mueller both went close before David Alaba broke the deadlock just inside the 20-minute mark with a finely struck free kick.
Some 15 minutes later, Kingsley Coman ran onto Thiago Alcantara’s pass and crossed for Mueller, who teed the ball up for Lewandowski to pick his spot inside the right post.
There was still time before the break for the Poland striker to claim his second, thanks to another run from Coman and some lacklustre Wolfsburg defending.
Alaba hit the crossbar after the break, but Arjen Robben claimed the fourth goal midway through the half with a low shot inside the right post.
Lahm made way with 20 minutes remaining as Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and other club officials were celebrating with beer in the stands.
Both Wolfsburg coach Andries Jonker, who coached Lahm when he was interim Bayern coach, and Ancelotti congratulated the former Germany captain on what was to be his eighth Bundesliga title.
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