Boateng Supports Bayern To Get Better

[Folami David]

Jerome Boateng believes Bayern Munich will only get better having closed the gap at the top of the Bundesliga by sending Schalke crashing to their worst home defeat in over 30 years.
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Pep Guardiola's second-placed Bayern are now level on both goal difference and points with leaders Borussia Dortmund after Saturday's 4-0 win at Schalke.
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"We're improving from game to game and we will get better from week to week," said centre-back Boateng whose Bayern side host Hanover 96 in the second round of the German Cup on Wednesday.
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It was Schalke's worst home league defeat since May, 1981.
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Guardiola, who took charge of the European champions in June, hailed Bayern's display.
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"That was our best performance so far in the Bundesliga, we dominated against one of the best teams in Germany," said Guardiola after his side enjoyed 70% ball possession against Schalke.
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Despite a bright opening 20 minutes, Jens Keller's Schalke undid their good work as first Munich vice- captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, then striker Mario Mandzukic were left unmarked in the area to head home.
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Schweinsteiger, back in the starting side after straining ankle ligaments last month, smashed home Arjen Robben's corner on 21 minutes and 99 seconds later, Mandzukic converted David Alaba's cross.
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France winger Franck Ribery and then replacement striker Claudio Pizarro added late goals as Schalke's four-match winning run came to an abrupt halt.
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Bayern have now gone 31 games without losing a Bundesliga match and have recorded 26 league wins and five draws since losing 2-1 loss to Leverkusen in October 2012.
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Having won their first five league games, league leaders Dortmund stumbled as left-back Marcel Schmelzer's first-half free-kick was cancelled. out by Nuremberg centre-back Per Nilsson's second-half strike.