BERLIN: Champions Bayern Munich ended Paderborn’s dream start to the season with a 4-0 demolition of the Bundesliga newboys, with Mario Goetze netting twice and new signing Robert Lewandowski getting off the mark.
The win yesterday lifted Bayern two points clear at the top on 11 from five games, two clear of Mainz 05 who drew 2-2 against Eintracht Frankfurt. Minnows Paderborn, whose budget is five million euros a year, had arrived in Munich as unexpected league leaders after two wins and two draws in their first four games, taking the top division by storm in their maiden season.
But Bayern, despite missing several players through injury, handed out an attacking lesson.
Germany international Goetze put the hosts ahead, drilling in after a superb backflick assist from Thomas Mueller in the eighth minute.Last season’s Bundesliga top scorer Lewandowski, who joined Bayern from rivals Borussia Dortmund, opened his account six minutes later with a superb shot from 18 metres.Still missing winger Franck Ribery and playmaker Schweinsteiger among several absentees, Bayern looked sharper than in Saturday’s goalless draw at Hamburg SV and should have had at least two more goals by halftime.(Reuters)