Bayern Munich have set a new Champions League record for consecutive home wins after beating FC Rostov 5-0 at the Allianz Arena.
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The Bavarians dominated possession from the start but the Russian newcomers were disciplined at the back.
Ex-Lazio player Marco Ballota remains the oldest at 43 years and 252 days.
Bayern will be without Kingsley Coman, Jerome Boateng and Arjen Robben, but even without some of their bigger names the German champions are fully expected to stroll to victory against a Rostov side who will sit deep but shouldn’t pose much of a threat.
Soon after half-time it was 3-0 after Costa teed up the German worldwide Kimmich, 21, for a simple tap-in and then Kimmich rose highest to nod home unchallenged on the hour.
Taylor was watching closely as Kimmich’s right-wing corner came across with Aleksandr Gatskan and Lewandowski engaged in a wrestling match which saw the Poland striker go to ground and the official, to the horror of the visitors, point to the spot.
The Pole was awarded a penalty minutes later, sending Soslan Dzhanaev the wrong way to put his team ahead. “When you score it gives you more confidence”.
Bulgarian side Ludogorets – in the Champions League group stage for the second time – faced 14 shots at Basel but left Switzerland with a 1-1 draw.
Kimmich’s two goals in eight minutes confirmed his fine scoring form for club and country after he grabbed his first league goal last week and also netted in Germany’s World Cup qualifier earlier this month.
Bernat then completed the rout in the 90th minute, drilling in after he was teed up by fellow substitute Franck Ribery.
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The full-back started the move off by running past a few players and played the ball to Frank Ribery who in turn cut the ball back to Bernat who made no mistake to round off a flawless night for Bayern. They have a good team ethic and they have players who help each other.
