Davies, Muller, Lewandowski – the architects behind Bayern Munich's eighth straight Bundesliga title
Bayern Munich were crowned German champions for the 30th time in the club's history on Tuesday as the Bavarian giants defeated Vader Bremen to clinch an eighth straight Bundesliga title.
Even the coronovirus lockdown could not stop Bayern's momentum, the champions winning eight consecutive games in all competitions since the German football restart last month.
The result meant club stalwart Thomas Müller now equals league record of former Bayern great Frank Ribéry with his ninth Bundesliga title.
A look at the three key players of Bayern's league-winning campaign:
Alfonso Davis
Davis is undoubtedly Bayern's discovery of the season. The 19-year-old, who was born in a refugee camp in Ghana before his parents moved to Canada, joined MLS in a record fee of $ 13 million (11.5 million euros) from Vancouver Whitseck in 2018 with Bayern.
He made his first Bundesliga debut last October after Lucas Hernández suffered an ankle injury, transitioning from left arm to left shoulder.
Davis has made the situation his own, with his lightning speed either covering holes in defense or launching counter-attacks.
"We can't imagine the team without him now," Bayern Sports Director Hassan Salihidzik admitted.
He is exceptionally fast, prompting Thomas Muller to be nicknamed "Bayern Road Runner".
Canada gained 36.51 km / h in a win over Vader Bremen, which won the title.
On Davis' left, David Alaba has moved on to form a solid center-back partnership with Jerome Boateng.
This left Hernández, who cost a club-record 80 million euros from Atlético Madrid, as a very expensive option after recovering from injury.
Thomas Muller
Muller is back at his best since being restored to regular starting XI by Hansi Flick following the dismissal of Niko Kovac last year.
He was vocal in his criticism of being used primarily as an alternative under Kovac. Bayern barely looked back as they were initially given a run under the flick.
Muller has scored seven league goals, while several of his 20 assists in this campaign - a small part of the league record - were eliminated by Lewandowski as the pair reestablished their prolific partnership.
Due to his constant chatter, Müller is nicknamed "Radio Pehl" - referring to the sleepy Bavarian city - and he was the best of his jockeys in post-match interviews.
He described playing behind closed doors as if "football of old people, at 7 pm, under floodlights".
Robert Lewandowski
Lewandowski is enjoying his career-best scoring season with 31 league goals in all competitions and 46 in 40 games.
The 31-year-old has already equaled the Bundesliga record for the foreigner, which was set by Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the 2016/17 season for Borussia Dortmund.
Gerd Müller's Bundesliga record of 40 goals for the 1971/72 season looked under threat when Lewandowski set a new record by scoring in the first 11 league games of the campaign.
Lewandowski is poised to win the Golden Cannon as the Bundesliga's top scorer for the fifth time - only Muller has won more with seven.
But both Muller and Lewandowski are getting close to the twilight of their careers, and Bayern are looking for long-term replacements with both Manchester City winger Leroy Sane and Bayer Leverkusen attacker Kai Havert.
