Bayern Munich were struggling as they played Bundesliga high-flyers Wolfsburg on Tuesday - until Robert Lewandowski came off the bench t...
Bayern Munich were struggling as they played Bundesliga high-flyers Wolfsburg on Tuesday - until Robert Lewandowski came off the bench to score five times.
The Polish striker had been left on the bench by Pep Guardiola for the clash against the third-placed side in Germany, and was called on for Thiago at half-time with Bayern trailing 1-0.
And what a stroke of genius it turned out to be: Lewandowski scored on 51 minutes, added another within seconds of the restart, scored his hat trick two minutes after that - in three minutes 22 seconds, one of the fastest ever - before adding a fourth in the 57th minute and then rifling another in the 60th minute.
The last of those goals was by far the best: a staggering bicycle kick volley from almost 20 yards out.
