Bayern Munich 5-0 Besiktas: Muller and Lewandowski braces

Bayern Munich look assured of a Champions League quarter-final spot for a seventh straight season after thrashing 10-man Besiktas 5-0 in Germany.

The Turkish club had a one-man disadvantage from the 16th minute when last man Domagoj Vida brought down Robert Lewandowski and Bayern made their visitors pay with an emphatic round of 16 first-leg victory.

Thomas Muller and Lewandowski both netted braces while Kingsley Coman also scored for the five-time European Cup winners. 

Bayern Munich took control of their Champions League last 16 tie by beating 10-man Besiktas 5-0 in the first leg on Tuesday

A tough task for Besiktas got even more challenging when Domagoj Vida was shown a straight red card on 16 minutes

A tough task for Besiktas got even more challenging when Domagoj Vida was shown a straight red card on 16 minutes

Thomas Muller made Bayern's numerical advantage count by  scoring just before half time — his first of two goals on the night

Thomas Muller made Bayern’s numerical advantage count by scoring just before half time — his first of two goals on the night

Kingsley Coman slotted in Bayern goal No 2 in the second half when he met a Robert Lewandowski cross with a first-time shot

Kingsley Coman slotted in Bayern goal No 2 in the second half when he met a Robert Lewandowski cross with a first-time shot

Lewandowski then strengthened his position as Bayern’s leading scorer by adding his side’s fourth and fifth goals in Munich

GAME FACTS AND MATCH ZONE

Bayern Munich: Ulreich; Kimmich, Hummels, Boateng, Alaba, Martinez, Vidal (Tolisso 83), Coman (Ribery 81), Muller, Rodriguez (Robben 44), Lewandowski

Subs not used: Starke, Wagner, Sule, Rafinha

Goals: Muller 43 and 66, Coman 53, Lewandowski 79 and 88

Booked: Lewandowski

Besiktas: Fabricio, Adriano, Pepe, Quaresma, Babel, Medel (Tolgay 85), Hutchinson, Vida, Love (Tosic 57), Erkin (Gokhan 69), Talisca

Subs not used: Tolga, Lens, Oguzhan, Negredo

Booked: Quaresma, Pepe, Tosic

Sent off: Vida 

Referee: Ovidiu Hategan (Romania) 

James Rodriguez had a busy evening for Bayern, touching the ball 58 times, before being subbed off just before half time in Munich

James Rodriguez had a busy evening for Bayern, touching the ball 58 times, before being subbed off just before half time in Munich

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Besiktas’ team was packed full of experience but it was 35-year-old Atiba Hutchinson who played the loose pass that got Vida into trouble early on.

Lewandowski latched onto it and headed towards goal only for Vida to slide in before the Pole reached the box with a challenge that got nowhere near the ball and upended the striker.

Referee Ovidiu Hategan dismissed Vida for denying an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and Besiktas were fortunate their misery was not compounded by James Rodriguez’s subsequent free-kick, which was curled just wide.

And the visitors had a great chance to go ahead through Vagner Love, who beat Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng only to poke harmlessly over when through.

It looked like it might not be Muller’s night when he miscued an attempt into the side of Rodriguez’s face, while Hummels’ header was brilliantly saved by Fabri at close range.

Lewandowski teed himself up for an overhead kick that he fired over and in catching midfielder Gary Medel, the Bayern forward also earned himself a caution. 

Bayern were heavy pre-match favourites and they were even more fancied after Vida's red-card foul on striker Lewandowski

Bayern were heavy pre-match favourites and they were even more fancied after Vida’s red-card foul on striker Lewandowski

Referee Ovidio Hategan deemed that Vida had denied Bayern a clear goalscoring opportunity, so he pointed him off the field

Referee Ovidio Hategan deemed that Vida had denied Bayern a clear goalscoring opportunity, so he pointed him off the field

Ten-man Besiktas almost held on until the half-time interval but Muller pounced  to fire the German champions in front

Ten-man Besiktas almost held on until the half-time interval but Muller pounced to fire the German champions in front

Besiktas had deployed an attacking line-up and were threatening as Ricardo Quaresma left Hummels for dead before firing at Sven Ulreich and Pepe blasted over.

Yet two minutes before the interval the hosts struck through Muller. 

Coman fashioned space down the left by turning Adriano inside-out and though intended target David Alaba was unable to bring the ball under his spell, an onside Muller was typically in the right place to swivel and finish.

Rodriguez came off for Arjen Robben shortly afterwards, possibly due to the blow he received from Muller’s earlier shot, but Bayern turned the screw at the start of the second half.

A free-kick Lewandowski appeared fortunate to win off Adriano was fired onto the post by Bayern’s No 9, who nevertheless provided his team’s second in the 52nd minute.

It was 2-0 on 53 minutes thanks to winger Coman, who produced a controlled low finish after being set up by Lewandowski

It was 2-0 on 53 minutes thanks to winger Coman, who produced a controlled low finish after being set up by Lewandowski

Coman celebrated the goal — his seventh of the season in all competitions — with assist-maker Lewandowski

Coman celebrated the goal — his seventh of the season in all competitions — with assist-maker Lewandowski

Bayern were running riot and Muller made it 3-0 on 66 minutes, scoring his second goal of the evening and ninth this season

Bayern were running riot and Muller made it 3-0 on 66 minutes, scoring his second goal of the evening and ninth this season

Muller looked set to be the game's star man but Lewandowski's hit two late goals to match his team-mate's tally for the night

Muller looked set to be the game’s star man but Lewandowski’s hit two late goals to match his team-mate’s tally for the night

It was an unmarked Coman who stepped onto Lewandowski’s pull back and swept past Fabri to make it 2-0.

That was the cue for Besiktas to take off striker Love and replace him with defender Dusko Tosic, though the Germans did not ease off.

Coman and Joshua Kimmich were regularly threatening down either flank and the latter’s 66th-minute near-post delivery was turned home via a Muller volley.

Besiktas looked increasingly tired and when Hummels fired in an attempt that Fabri pushed out 11 minutes from time, it was Lewandowski who reacted quickest to add a fourth.

Bayern showed no mercy as Hummels and Javi Martinez both came close and they would add their fifth in the 88th minute when Muller unselfishly squared for Lewandowski to apply the finish.



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