Ton-up for Robert Lewandowski as Bayern Munich sweep Hamburg aside

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Robert Lewandowski scored his 100th Bundesliga goal for league leaders Bayern Munich, as the Reds condemned Hamburg to another heavy defeat on Saturday, running out 6-0 winners at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern Munich 6-0 Hamburg

Goals: 1-0 Ribery (8'), 2-0 Lewandowski (12'), 3-0 Lewandowski (19'), 4-0 Robben (55'), 5-0 Ribery (81'), Lewandowski missed pen. (86'), 6-0 Lewandowski (pen. 90')

HSV had painful memories of recent visits to Bavaria, losing 8-0 (twice) and 9-2 among other hefty losses, and coach Bernd Hollerbach must have feared a similar scoreline when his team fell 3-0 down inside 19 minutes. The recalled Franck Ribery netted the Bundesliga’s 51,000th goal to open the floodgates and Lewandowski added two more with well-taken finishes.

Corentin Tolisso set up Arjen Robben to slam home a fourth early in the second half, before the French midfielder was withdrawn due to injury. Ribery rolled back the years with a mazy run and stylish finish to make it five, and after Lewandowski skied a penalty on 99 goals, he made amends in the dying moments to complete his treble and add another record to his growing collection in the colours of the champions.

Match stats

    Robben scored his first Bundesliga goal since he netted away at Borussia Dortmund on 4 November.For the first time in the league this season, Bayern scored three goals before half-time.Ribery's opening goal was the 51,000th scored in Bundesliga history.Lewandowski's first goal was his 140th in his 182nd appearance for Bayern, making him the club's leading non-German goalscorer in official competitions, overtaking Giovane Elber.Lewandowski has scored more Bundesliga goals this season (23) than the entire Hamburg team put together (18).Bayern have won their last seven Bundesliga meetings in a row with Hamburg, including a pair of 8-0 routs and a 5-0 drubbing. They also beat the northerners 9-2 in 2013.In their last eight home games against Hamburg, Bayern have scored 50 goals.Hamburg are on the longest winless run of any Bundesliga club (13 matches).HSV are this season's lowest Bundesliga goalscorers (18); Bayern the highest (65).

Line-ups

Bayern: Ulreich – Kimmich, Boateng, Hummels, Alaba – Martinez, Vidal (Tolisso, 46') (Rudy 65') – Robben (Thiago 63'), Müller (c), Ribery - Lewandowski
Unused substitutes: Starke, Wagner, Süle, Bernat
Absentees: Neuer (foot), Coman (ankle), James (not risked)
Coach: Jupp Heynckes

Hamburg: Mathenia – Papadopoulos, Jung, Van Drongelen – Diekmeier (Janjicic 24'), Hunt (Jatta 87'), Walace (Vagnoman 70'), Sakai (c), Douglas Santos – Schipplock, Kostic
Unused substitutes: Pollersbeck, Hahn, Waldschmidt, Salihovic
Absentees: Müller (knee), Ekdal (ankle), Mavraj (ill), Wood (not in squad), Arp (not in squad), Toelke (ankle)
Coach: Bernd Hollerbach

Watch: Franck Ribery on celebrating his brace against Hamburg with his son

As it happened

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