Bayern Munich thrash Bayer Leverkusen courtesy Mario Gomez hat-trick: Bundesliga news
Bayern Munich defeated Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 at the Allianz Arena to strengthen their chances of UEFA Champions League qualification next year. Mario Gomez scored a hat-trick in the first-half to take his goal tally to 33 this season.
Bayern dominated right from the start and their offensive display was rewarded in only the seventh minute as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bastian-Schweinsteiger-c7374 and
his header was deflected in by the Leverkusen midfielder to make it 1-0.
The Bavarians dominated possession and kept pressing forward with the likes of Thomas Muller and Ribery creating a lot of chances. Bayern doubled the lead in the 28th minute with their highest goal scorer Mario Gomez.
Muller took advantage of a dreadful mistake by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arturo-Vidal-c6760 inside the box and put in a low cross to Gomez, who found the empty net with ease.
Die Bayern looked at ease going forward and got their third goal a minute before the interval. Mario Gomez scored his second of the night after a brilliant run from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-Van-Buyten-c10095. The central defender found Muller on the right
and the winger’s accurate cross found Gomez just 12 yards out.
Super Mario completed his hat-trick in the very next minute with a powerful shot which left Adler with no chance whatsoever to stop the ball from going into the back of the net. Schweinsteiger made a sensational run into the box,
beating three defenders before passing it to Gomez, who made the score-line 4-0 at half-time.
The second-half started rather slowly with Bayern trying to keep the ball whereas Leverkusen keeping players back to avoid further embarrassment. The away-side were able to get one goal back in the 62nd through Swiss
striker http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michael-Ballack-c25270 free-kick and Derdiyok reacted the fastest to make it 4-1.
Franck Ribery scored the final goal of the match 15 minutes from time with a stunning individual effort. The Frenchman went past the Leverkusen defence before guiding his finish past Adler. The match ended with a 5-1 score-line
with the Bavarians denting the away side’s title hopes.
Bayern leapfrogged http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hannover-96-c39492 to return to third place, occupying the final UEFA Champions League spot. The Munich giants currently sit in third place with 55 points with four games to go in the season.
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