18th October, 2014
Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich earned their fifth straight victory on Saturday as Spainiard Xabi Alonso netted his first Bundesliga goal in their 6-0 rout of Werder Bremen.
Bayern warmed up for Tuesday’s Champions League clash at Roma by maintaining their four-point lead at the top of the table, boosting their goal difference to plus 19, as former Germany captain Philipp Lahm and Mario Geotze both scored twice.
“People say it’s hard to get back into it after the international break, but we played well, had good positioning and good build-up,” said Bayern coach Pep Guardiola.
“It was a bit easier for us after Philipp scored the first goal.
“Ok, we have three points more, but our focus is now on the Champions League.”
Lahm started the rout when he crashed his shot home from 14 metres out with 20 minutes gone at Munich’s Allianz Arena.
Alonso, who joined Bayern from Real Madrid in August, netted his first goal for the club when he drove a free-kick under the Bremen wall on 27 minutes.
Thomas Mueller put the hosts 3-0 up when he converted a penalty after being dragged down in the area by Bremen’s Sebastian Proedl on two minutes before half-time.
And Goetze made it 4-0 at the break when he held off Congo defender Assani Lukimya to bury his shot in the far corner.
Lahm and Goetze both added their second goals as the hosts profited from a tiring defence in the final 20 minutes and the result left Bremen languishing bottom of the table.
With Hoffenheim at Hamburg on Sunday, Borussia Moenchengladbach went second in the table with a 3-0 win at Hanover 96 as Germany squad member Max Kruse scored twice and Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka netted a free-kick.