BERLIN: Thomas Mueller scored twice, including a spectacular 71st-minute bicycle kick, on Saturday as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich came from behind to beat Darmstadt 3-1 in their last match before their Champions League clash at Juventus.

Bayern, who travel to Turin for the first leg of their Champions League round of 16 showdown with Juve on Tuesday, provisionally moved 11 points clear of Borussia Dortmund.

“Today’s match had nothing to do with Juventus, we’re just happy to have won and take three more points. It’ll be 0-0 again in Turin,” said Mueller.

Darmstadt forward Sandro Wagner shocked his former side by putting away the visitors’ first real chance in the 26th minute at the Allianz Arena.

But Mueller equalised three minutes after the break and added a superb second with a overhead kick in the 71st before Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski completed Bayern’s turnaround in the 84th minute.

Bayern are on 59 points with Dortmund, on 48, facing Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.

VfL Wolfsburg could not build on their midweek Champions League win over Gent, having to settle for a 1-1 draw with Hertha Berlin, who are third on 36.

Gladbach moved up to 35 points, level with fourth-placed Leverkusen, after edging past Cologne 1-0 in the Rhine derby courtesy of Mahmoud Dahoud’s ninth-minute winner.

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2016