bayern overwhelm olympiacos to ease through published: tuesday 24 november 2015, 22.59cet bayern münchen 4-0 olympiacos goals in the first 20 minutes from douglas costa, robert lewandowski and thomas müller effectively wrapped up the win as bayern progressed in style. by jordan maciel from fußball arena münchen
bayern münchen make it 17 group f goals in securing progress against olympiacos bayern 3-0 up after 20 minutes, douglas costa opening the scoring (8) robert lewandowski (16) and thomas müller (20) effectively seal points kingsley coman on target in second half after holger badstuber's red card final group f games: dinamo zagreb v bayern, olympiacos v arsenal (9 december)
bayern müller put on yet another devastating display in munich, putting olympiacos out of sight within 20 minutes and cruising into the uefa champions league round of 16 with a game to spare.
josep guardiola had asked for an early goal and his team delivered that and more. eight minutes in, douglas costa latched on to the loose ball after jérôme boateng's shot had been saved to tuck the rebound into the far corner of the net. moments before, felipe pardo had been unable to find the final pass after breaking into the bayern penalty area, and olympiacos were swiftly made to regret that.
sixteen minutes in the hosts made it two, robert lewandowski reacting quickest to kingsley coman's blocked effort to slot expertly past roberto from the edge of the box.
thomas müller made it 3-0 four minutes later, tapping into an empty net. coman was once again involved; his miscued volley was headed across goal by arjen robben, setting up müller's fifth goal in this season's competition.
bayern's momentum might have been checked eight minutes into the second period as holger badstuber, making his first start since april after a thigh injury, fouled ıdeye brown and was sent off.
olympiacos looked to exploit the one-man advantage, but failed to create any clear-cut chances. ınstead bayern added a fourth goal, müller turning provider with a chip that coman bravely headed in for his first uefa champions league goal.
key player: kingsley coman the young frenchman looked dangerous all night on the wing and was involved at crucial moments for bayern, contributing to both lewandowski and müller's goal before scoring himself.
all-out attacking bayern are the competition's leading goalscorers with 17 goals. müller and lewandowski usually take the headlines, but bayern were an attacking threat from all areas. costa opened the scoring while coman was involved in three goals.
early goals for the third consecutive home game in the competition, bayern put the game out of sight in the first half. just as against dinamo zagreb and arsenal, the hosts opened the scoring within the opening 15 minutes, quickly extending their lead.
