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BERLIN. — Arjen Robben’s 100th goal for German soccer champions Bayern Munich sent them on their way to a 2-0 win over Freiburg and extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga table on Tuesday night. Goals by Robben and Thomas Mueller sealed Bayern’s win which gave them a 12 point lead over VfL Wolfsburg, who were scheduled to play struggling Borussia Dortmund last night.

However, Bayern’s win came at a cost as defender Mehdi Benatia, striker Robert Lewandowski and midfielder Xabi Alonso picked up injuries.

Benatia will definitely miss the final game of the year against Mainz tomorrow with a groin injury while both Lewandowski and Alonso took knocks to their right ankles.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge had described Robben as the “best outfield player in the world” after the Dutch winger scored twice in Bayern’s 4-0 thrashing of Augsburg last Saturday.

The 30-year-old certainly didn’t let Rummenigge regret his words in Tuesday’s game as he headed home Bayern’s opener and claimed his ninth goal in 12 Bundesliga games.

Mueller added Bayern’s second to wrap up the points.

“It was a good result, we would have liked a few more goals, but they packed men behind the ball, so we’re very happy with the win,” said Mueller.

With second-placed Wolfsburg playing at joint second-from-bottom Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, Bayern took the chance to further extend their huge lead at Munich’s Allianz Arena.

“It’s nice to have a 12-point lead, that was our goal, we were very dominant and we did our job,” added Mueller.

Only a superb display from Freiburg goalkeeper Roman Burki kept the scoreline respectable as Bayern fired in 31 shots on goal — a Bundesliga record this season.

With Freiburg packing their defence and Bayern enjoying more than 80 percent possession, it was only a matter of time before the hosts took the lead.

However, it still took till four minutes before half-time to break the deadlock.

Franck Ribery — who also brought up his century of goals for the club earlier this month “headed back across goal and Robben headed down the bouncing ball past Burki.

The hosts’ second goal came from a superb bit of skill. — AFP.