So, Bayern Munich are back in a familiar position 90 minutes into the new season – top of the Bundesliga table. It won’t always be this easy for Carlo Ancelotti but his reign is off to a flying start.
Carlo Ancelotti’s first league game in charge of Bayern Munich ends in an emphatic victory, with Robert Lewandowski starting the campaign with a brilliant hat-trick as Bayern Munich cruised to a 6-0 home win over Werder Bremen in their opening Bundesliga match of the season.
It took the defending champions only eight minutes to open the scoring, with Xabi Alonso thumping in a volley from just outside the penalty area after a cross was half-cleared.
This is a dream start for Carlo Ancelotti but the Bayern boss looks a little bored sat in the dugout. To be fair, this was over as a contest the moment Xabi Alonson opened the scoring in spectacular style inside 10 minutes.
Bremen’s weak resistance was broken again four minutes later when Franck Ribery slipped Lewandowski through on goal and the striker finished superbly from a tight angle.
The dominance continued after the interval when Lewandowski stretched to tap in a Thomas Muller cross, before Philipp Lahm drove in the fourth via the post after more precise passing.
Ribery added a fifth by finishing well from Muller’s pass and Lewandowski completed his treble with a late penalty as Bayern won their first league match of the campaign for the fifth year in a row.
Mats Hummels made his second league appearance for Bayern – the first was in May 2007 before his decorated spell with rivals Borussia Dortmund – while Carlo Ancelotti became the first manager to take charge of teams in Europe’s top five leagues.
