Robert Lewandowski scores 11-minute hat-trick as Bayern Munich put seven past sorry Salzburg
Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski grabbed the earliest hat-trick in Champions League history with three goals by the 23rd minute as the Germans steamrollered Salzburg 7-1 on Tuesday to book a place in the quarter-finals with an 8-2 aggregate score.
The 33-year-old Pole opened his account with two almost identical penalties in the 12th minute and 21st before netting on the break two minutes later for his fifth hat-trick ever in the competition.
The last-16 tie was all but over by the half-hour mark when Serge Gnabry beat goalkeeper Philipp Koehn with a low shot to make it 4-0.
The Austrians had not conceded more than two goals in a competitive match this season before Tuesday but worse was to come when Thomas Mueller turned beautifully in the box to drill in the hosts’ fifth goal nine minutes after the restart.
Salzburg teenager Maurits Kjaergaard got some brief consolation for the visitors in the 70th with his first European goal but Mueller bagged his second of the evening 13 minutes later before Leroy Sane completed the rout in the 86th.
Some post match stats
- Bayern Munich have won all six of their games in European competition when hosting an Austrian opponent, scoring 22 goals and only conceding four in return.
- Salzburg suffered their heaviest ever defeat in the UEFA Champions League, with their previous biggest loss in the competition also coming against Bayern Munich in November 2020 (2-6).
- Having gone 4-0 up after just 31 minutes, Bayern Munich became the quickest side to reach a 4-0 scoreline in a UEFA Champions League game since Bayern did so themselves vs Dinamo Zagreb in September 2015 (28 mins).
- Tonight’s 7-1 victory was the seventh time Bayern Munich have scored 7+ goals in a UEFA Champions League game, more than double that of any other team has managed in the competition.
