Alphonso Davies Returns

Alphonso Davies scored for Bayern Munich on Sunday, his first goal since returning from injury in a 4-2 win over Stuttgart that clinched the Bundesliga title. (fcbayern.com) Davies scored in the 37th minute at Allianz Arena as Bayern turned a 1-0 deficit into a 3-1 lead before halftime. Raphaël Guerreiro scored in the 31st minute, Nicolas Jackson in the 33rd, and Harry Kane added Bayern’s fourth in the 52nd. (bundesliga.com) The goal came 15 days after Davies’ first game back from a muscle injury, when he came off the bench against Freiburg on April 4 and set up the stoppage-time winner. Bayern had ruled him out in late March after a torn muscle fibre in his thigh, then cleared him to resume team training before his return. (tsn.ca) (fcbayern.com) For Davies, this was the latest step in a much longer comeback. Bayern said on March 26, 2025 that he had torn the cruciate ligament in his right knee on Canada duty and would miss several months after surgery. (fcbayern.com) He did not return to competitive action until December 9, 2025, when Bayern brought him back against Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League after nearly nine months out. ESPN and Bundesliga both described that appearance as his long-awaited return from the knee injury. (espn.com) (bundesliga.com) Davies then spent the winter building back toward full starts. OneSoccer reported in January that Bayern started him against Augsburg for his first start since the ACL tear, after five substitute appearances following his December return. (onesoccer.ca) Sunday’s match also underlined why Bayern use him on the left side in two jobs at once: defending wide areas and driving forward in transition. Bayern’s official report listed him in the back four, and his goal arrived during the spell that flipped the game before halftime. (fcbayern.com) The result gave Bayern their 34th Bundesliga title with four matches left. Davies’ goal was one part of a title-clinching afternoon, but it also put a scoring mark on a return that started with rehab, then short substitute runs, then a start, and now a goal again. (bundesliga.com)