Ten-man Bayern Munich eased into the Champions League knockout stages after demolishing Greece’s Olympiacos 4-0 on Tuesday to secure top spot in Group F with a game to spare.
The German champions, who had Holger Badstuber sent off early in the second half with a straight red card, were unstoppable in the opening 20 minutes, scoring three times to put the game to bed early.
Douglas Costa struck after eight minutes, Robert Lewandowski doubled the lead after 16 minutes with Thomas Muller adding another four minutes later as dazed Olympiacos found no answer to the continuous attacks.
Kingsley Coman headed in Bayern’s fourth goal in the 70th minute as Bayern moved up to 12 points in the group ahead of their final game at Dinamo Zagreb on December 9. Olympiacos, in second place on nine, now need a point against Arsenal to secure a spot in the last 16.
Bayern, in spectacular form this season and having lost just once in all competitions, put Olympiacos under early pressure and it quickly paid off with Brazilian Costa drilling in on the rebound after keeper Roberto’s weak save from Jerome Boateng’s long-range effort.
Poland striker Lewandowski doubled their lead with his fifth goal in five games in the competition, picking up a Coman effort to fire in eight minutes later while an easy tap-in by Muller from an Arjen Robben header that caught the defence completely off guard made it 3-0 for the hosts.
