Robert Lewandowski hits hat-trick as Bayern Munich score five past Dinamo Zagreb

Champions League, Allianz Arena – Bayern Munich 5 (Costa 13, Lewandowski 21, 28, 55, Goetze 25) Dinamo Zagreb 0

Robert Lewandowski scored his second hat-trick and tenth goal within the space of a week as Bayern Munich thrashed Dinamo Zagreb 5-0 in the Allianz Arena.

Douglas Costa got the ball rolling after a mistake from keeper Eduardo and Lewandowski bagged his first after a defensive error from teenager Filip Benkovic.

Mario Goetze added a third after Eduardo fumbled his shot before two more well-taken Lewandowski goals completed the rout.

Lewandowski’s latest goal-scoring feat means he has scored 10 goals in a span of 184 minutes for Bayern, who have now scored 39 goals in their last 12 Champions League matches.

KEY MOMENTS

13’ – GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb: Eduardo leaves his near post horribly exposed and Costa fires home from a tight angle. Good finish but poor keeping.

21’ – GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-0 Dinamo Zagreb: Robert Lewandowski is in the action again after last week’s heroics, pouncing on an error from teenage defender Filip Benkovic to run in on goal and score.

25’ – GOAL! Bayern Munich 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb: A shocking bit of keeping again from Eduardo, who fumbles Goetze’s tame shot before watching it hot the back of the net.

28’ – GOAL! Bayern Munich 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb:Lewandowski bags his second, shooting home off the bar from Costa’s corner.

55’ – GOAL! Bayern Munich 5-0 Dinamo Zagreb: It’s a second hat-trick for Lewandowski within the space of a week as he lobs the advancing Eduardo from Thiago’s neat ball.

KEY STATS

Robert Lewandowski is the fifth Bayern player to score a Champions League hat-trick after Mario Gomez (three times) Ivica Olic, Claudio Pizarro and Roy Makaay.

Robert Lewandowski scored his 26th CL goal equalling Mario Gomez on second for most CL goals for German sides. OnlyThomas Müller scored more for German teams: 30.

Lewandowski has scored 10 goals in a span of 184 minutes for Bayern. This is from his first goal against Wolfsburg (52') and the last goal against Zagreb (55'). He has now scored ten of the last 13 goals for Bayern Munich.

For the fourth time in CL history a team have a goal difference of +8 after two CL matches. Only Real Madrid in 2013/2014 (+9), Arsenal in 2010/2011 (+8) and Real Madrid in 2002/2003 (+9) also achieved this feat.

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MAN OF THE MATCH

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich). The man just can’t stop scoring. Ten goals in the space of week. Enough said.

PLAYER RATINGS

Bayern Munich: Neuer 6, Thiago 7, Lewandowski 9, Costa 7, Boateng 6, Bernat 6, Götze 7, Lahm 7, Alaba 7, Coman 7, Kimmich 7. SUBS: Martínez 6, Rafinha 7, Müller 6.

Dinamo Zagreb: Eduardo 4, Benkovic 4, Matel 5, Taravel 5, Antolic 5, Machado 6, Ademi 6, Pivaric 6, Soudani 7, Fernandes 7, Pjaca 6. SUBS: Santos 6, Rog 6, Henriquez 6.