Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick, set up another goal and missed a penalty on his 100th Champions League appearance as they crushed Benfica 5-2 on Tuesday to cruise into the knockout stage with two Group E matches to spare.
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The Pole headed home his first goal in the 26th minute and chipped in another just past the hour after also setting up Serge Gnabry for a sensational backheel flick in the 32nd.
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The striker missed a penalty in first half stoppage time but sealed his treble in the 85th minute. It was his 81st goal in Europe’s elite club the competition.
Benfica cut the deficit before the break with Morato’s 38th minute header, which was the first goal conceded by Bayern in their four Champions League matches, but a superb Leroy Sane shot early in the second half killed off hopes of a comeback.
The visitors scored again in the 75th through Darwin Nunez, but Lewandowski was not yet done, he bagged his fourth Champions League hat-trick in the 85th to book Bayern’s spot in the last 16.
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