Bayern Munich 3-1 SV Darmstadt 98

Thomas Muller's two goals took his Bundesliga total for the season to 17

Thomas Muller's two goals - including a stunning overhead kick - helped Bayern Munich go 11 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga as they beat Darmstadt.

The visitors took a surprise half-time lead with a header from former Bayern youth striker Sandro Wagner.

Muller converted Rafinha's cross early in the second half, before scoring spectacularly from Arturo Vidal's chip.

Robert Lewandowski struck late on to give Bayern the win ahead of Tuesday's Champions League trip to Juventus.

Guardiola's men march on

Bayern boss Pep Guardiola is leaving for Manchester City this summer - and a banner at the game read: "Pep was never our thing"

Pep Guardiola had thoughts of the round-of-16 first-leg visit to Turin as he named a team without captain Philipp Lahm, who was rested.

Bayern dominated possession and had 36 attempts at goal - the highest by any team in a single Bundesliga match this season.

Darmstadt keeper Christian Mathenia, though, made a series of excellent saves, while Vidal and Kingsley Coman both hit the bar with deflected first-half shots.

Guardiola, though, will be pleased with the way his team responded to trailing at half-time - and even though they had to wait until 19 minutes from the end to go in front, their victory was pretty comfortable in the end.

Borussia Dortmund, in second place, will seek to cut Bayern's lead when they visit fourth-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.

Robert Lewandowski has scored 32 goals in all competitions for Bayern this season - and 22 in the Bundesliga

Magnificent Muller

Germany international Muller was the catalyst for Bayern's second-half revival with two excellent finishes.

His first was clinical - controlling and firing past keeper Mathenia three minutes after half-time - while his second was wonderful.

Muller had his back to goal when Vidal's diagonal chip reached him, but he somehow fashioned an overhead kick that left the goalkeeper helpless.

That laid the platform for Bayern to secure the win, with the prolific Lewandowski - who had earlier seen a goal ruled out for offside - touching in Franck Ribery's pass with six minutes to go.

Dogged Darmstadt

Dirk Schuster's Darmstadt were promoted from the second tier last season

The visitors, who are just above the relegation zone, came out of the game with great credit, having been without five players serving one-match bans.

Those suspensions had caused a degree of controversy in the build-up, with coach Dirk Schuster dismissing suggestions that his players had got booked deliberately so they could serve their bans against Bayern and be back for next weekend's important trip to relegation rivals Werder Bremen.

Schuster could be encouraged with the spirit his side showed, and they gave Bayern a fright by taking the lead with their first shot on goal, as Wagner headed in Sandro Sirigu's cross.

Saturday's Bundesliga round-up

Hoffenheim's new 28-year-old manager Julian Nagelsmann picked up his first win since taking charge nine days ago, as his side increased their survival chances by beating Mainz 3-2.

Mark Uth scored twice to leave Nagelsmann's team just two points below the relegation play-off spot, occupied by Werder Bremen, who lost 2-0 at Ingolstadt.

Hertha Berlin moved above Bayer Leverkusen into third, as former Chelsea forward Salomon Kalou struck an equaliser in a 1-1 draw at home to Wolfsburg. Borussia Monchengladbach are fifth after beating Cologne 1-0.