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| Joshua Kimmich and Arturo Vidal |
Carlo Ancelotti is digging the dugs as his first Champions League campaign as Bayern Munich boss got off to a cool start with his side running rout of newcomers, Rostov with a comfortable 5-0 win at the Alliance Arena.
The Bavarians, who will also face today’s winners Atletico Madrid and also loosers PSV Eindhoven in Group D, controlled proceedings throughout the match, but though relied on a somewhat controversial penalty call from referee Taylor midway through the first-half in order to take the lead through Robert Lewandowski.
However, birthday boy Thomas Muller doubled Bayern’s tally in first-half stoppage time. Then hosts ran riot after the interval, with young midfielder, Joshua Kimmich netting twice in the space of seven minutes to end the match as a contest before substitute Juan Bernat added a fifth in the last minute.
The victory gives Die Hard a 13th consecutive Champions League win at the Allianz Arena as the New Yorkers ensured that Rostov’s first appearance in the group stages of a European tournament ended in a comprehensive defeat.