Lewandowski hits hat-trick in rout

Robert Lewandowski scored his second hat-trick in eight days as Bayern Munich began the defence of their Bundesliga title with a 6-0 mauling of Werder Bremen.

Lewandowski scored three in last Friday’s 5-0 DFB-Pokal thrashing of Carl Zeiss Jena and he repeated the feat against Bremen as Bayern enjoyed a flying start to the 54th Bundesliga season.

Xabi Alonso got things rolling for Carlo Ancelotti’s men with an early opener and two Lewandowski goals gave the home side a 3-0 lead at the start of the second half.

Captain Philipp Lahm got in on the act before Franck Ribery made it five and Lewandowski completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot, piling on the misery on a Bremen side who were eliminated from the DFB-Pokal in the first round last week.

Bayern may have a new coach on the bench this season, with Ancelotti replacing Pep Guardiola, but there was nothing new about their approach to the game with Thomas Muller, Lewandowski and Ribery seeing plenty of the ball as the …

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