"Now we might not even need another point to qualify for the round of 16," said beaming club president Uli Hoeness after two own goals by CFR Cluj gifted Bayern a 3-2 win over the Romanians on Tuesday, their third out of three games in the competition.
"Even to top the group we will probably just need one more win out of our last three games," Hoeness said of last season's Champions League runners-up who top the group on nine points.
Coach Louis van Gaal had only 18 players at his disposal on Tuesday but saw striker Mario Gomez, who last year became the Bundesliga's most expensive signing, score against Cluj after his hat-trick in a 3-0 home win over Hanover 96 at the weekend.
"You can sense that the insecurity of the last weeks is still there," said defender Philipp Lahm. "But the good thing is we showed we can keep winning even with so many injuries."
