‘Incredible week’ continues for Robert Lewandowski as Bayern Munich go high-five again

'Lewandowski is having an incredible week' marvelled teammate Philipp Lahm after another hat-trick fuelled Bayern Munich's 5-0 demolition of Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday night.

Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their fifth goal on Tuesday night in their Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb. Peter Kneffel / EPA / September 29, 2015

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Robert Lewandowski scored a hat trick as Bayern Munich thrashed Dinamo Zagreb 5-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Douglas Costa and Mario Gotze also scored in the first half as Bayern went four goals up inside the first 28 minutes of a one-sided match.

Lewandowski, who has now scored 10 goals in his last three matches, helped Bayern to a second consecutive victory in the competition and a commanding position at the top of Group F. Olympiakos have one win and one loss after defeating Arsenal 3-2 in London.

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“If you are concentrated from the start and you use your chances, the game is over after 30 minutes,” Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said. “We created a lot of chances, we controlled the match and we didn’t allow them counterattacks. And Lewandowski is having an incredible week.”

Pep Guardiola’s team took immediate control and went ahead through Costa in the 13th minute.

Zagreb, who beat Arsenal in their previous group game, were under huge pressure and Lewandowski found the net in the 21st minute. Gotze scored four minutes later, before Lewandowski made it 4-0 and struck again after the break.

With the Dinamo defence expecting a cross, Costa angled his shot inside the near post as he broke through on the left flank.

Lewandowski scored after a mistake by Zagreb defender Filip Benkovic, who tried to control the ball with his head and then slipped, allowing Thiago Alcantara to burst through and feed Lewandowski for an easy tap-in.

Gotze scored after another Dinamo mistake. The Germany midfielder cut inside, swapped passes with Kingsley Coman and shot at goalkeeper Eduardo, who let the ball slither through between his foot and glove.

Lewandowski made it 4-0 with a volley after a corner from Costa. The ball hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced inside.

His third was the result of a neat move by Costa, whose backheel pass found Thiago and the midfielder slipped the ball to the open Lewandowski, who chipped it over Eduardo into the net.

Lewandowski had another couple of chances to raise his tally, but was denied by Eduardo, who made one point-blank save from the striker. Gotze also hit the outside of the post.

With Bayern switching to a slower gear in the second half, Zagreb took a few long-range shots but never really threatened.

Bayern can now look forward to the upcoming showdown with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. Bayern lead the league with seven wins from their first seven matches.

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