Bayern Munich 5-1 Wolfsburg: Lewandowski nets FIVE IN NINE MINUTES as the Bavarians cruise

The Poland striker enjoyed an extraordinary
second half as the German champions overcame
last season's cup winners by a convincing
marginRobert Lewandowski came off the bench to
score five goals in nine minutes as Bayern Munich
thrashed Wolfsburg 5-1 at the Allianz Arena on
Tuesday.
The 27-year-old was introduced at half-time and
fired in a four-minute hat-trick before adding two
more in a breathless 15-minute spell from the
home side.
Bayern started on the front foot but Wolfsburg
stunned the Allianz Arena on 26 minutes as Daniel
Caligiuri fired home emphatically following Julian
Draxler's pass.
Pep Guardiola's side struggled to break through a
resilient away defence and they almost found
themselves two down when Josuha Guilovogui hit
the post from his own half, with Manuel Neuer
stranded.
But the half-time arrival of Lewandowski turned
the game on its head as the Poland international
became the first substitute to score five times in a
Bundesliga match to leave Wolfsburg rattled.
Douglas Costa brought the first save out of Diego
Benaglio with a low drive from 25 yards before
Arturo Vidal curled over from a similar distance as
Bayern settled quickly into their passing game.
Thomas Muller should have done better when he
collected Mario Gotze's clever pass only to blast
his effort wide of the right-hand post from the
edge of the area, but a disciplined Wolfsburg took
the lead just after the 25-minute mark, Draxler
picking out Caligiuri on the break and the 27-year-
old rifled a fierce half-volley past Neuer at the
near post.
Neuer almost gifted Wolfsburg a second as he
raced towards the halfway line only to miss an
interception, but Guilavogui's lob from the centre-
circle clipped the upright before bouncing wide.
Guardiola threw on Lewandowski and the change
paid dividends almost immediately. Muller was
denied by Benaglio after a fine team move
involving Gotze and Vidal, and Lewandowski was
on hand to poke the ball home on the rebound.
The Poland striker put Bayern in front just a
minute later, lashing the ball into the bottom
corner from the edge of the area, and he sealed a
stunning four-minute hat-trick - the fastest in
Bundesliga history - as he prodded the ball home
after initially hitting the post after being set up by
Muller.
Wolfsburg were completely rattled and
Lewandowski helped himself to a fourth on 56
minutes as he turned in Costa's cross with a crisp
strike.
But the former Borussia Dortmund man saved his
best for the fifth - a sensational acrobatic volley
which flew past Benaglio and left Guardiola
speechless on the sidelines.
Benaglio made a double save to deny Gotze and
then Muller from adding a sixth before a
combination of the Swiss keeper and Ricardo
Rodriguez on the goal-line stopped Lewandowski
from scoring again.
Former Bayern man Dante blocked another
Lewandowski effort inside the area as the
champions cruised through the closing stages to
go three points clear at the top of the table ahead
of Dortmund's clash with Hoffenheim on
Wednesday.