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Leroy Sane scored twice in an emphatic 5-0 win against Viktoria
Plzen as Bayern Munich made it a record 31 Champions League group
games without defeat, reports citing .
Reigning Czech champions Viktoria are without a point at the
midway stage in Group C and found themselves three goals down after
21 minutes at the Allianz Arena.
Serge Gnabry and Sadio Mane netted after Sane had opened the
scoring in Tuesday's contest as Bayern cruised towards a third win
out of three in this season's competition.
Sane's second was swiftly followed by a strike from substitute
Eric Choupo-Moting, with Bayern settling for five goals ahead of
their big Bundesliga clash with Borussia Dortmund.
Bayern were without Thomas Muller and Joshua Kimmich, who tested
positive for COVID-19, but were ahead inside seven minutes thanks
to Sane's powerful shot from 18 yards.
Gnabry, fielded through the centre of Bayern's attack, slotted
home a second six minutes later with a clinical finish after being
played in by Leon Goretzka at the end of a counter.
Some poor Plzen defending allowed Mane to waltz through and
score a third for Bayern, who had a Jamal Musiala goal ruled out
before half-time due to an offside infringement.
Sane doubled his tally after controlling Mane's pass with a
sublime first touch and firing past Marian Tvrdon, with that
proving to be his final meaningful act before being replaced.
It was left to Choupo-Moting to round off the scoring prior to
the hour mark with a shot that went in off the post following
another precise pass from Goretzka.
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