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Werder Bremen 0-7 Bayern Munich: Ribery leads rout as champions run riot.
The Frenchman scored twice as an own goal, a Daniel van Buyten header and strikes from Mario Mandzukic, Thomas Muller and Mario Gotze left the hosts feeling battered and bruised.
Franck Ribery scored twice as an inspired Bayern Munich thrashed Werder Bremen 7-0 on Saturday.
Bayern’s 11th successive win in all competitions – which helped extend their league unbeaten run to 40
matches – was set up in the first half as Pep Guardiola’s men silenced the Weserstadion crowd.
Playing his first match since cracking a rib for France on international duty last month, Franck Ribery helped Bayern into the lead after 21 minutes when his cross was deflected in by Werder defender Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti.
A towering Daniel van Buyten header doubled their advantage six minutes later before the influential Ribery sealed the result with a composed finish before half-time.
And Mario Mandzukic wrapped up the rout on the hour-mark as Bayern’s latest win confirmed they would finish the year at the top of the league, before Thomas Muller, Ribery and Mario Gotze added more polish to the scoreline with late goals.
Ribery, Van Buyten and Muller came in to the Bayern side that beat Augsburg 2-0 in the DFB-Pokal on Wednesday, with Arjen Robben (knee) among the absentees.
There was no sign of captain Philipp Lahm, who continues his recovery from a thigh injury, but it mattered little as the Bavarian giants started brightly.
Mandzukic had an offside goal chalked off in the fourth minute and just seconds later Werder goalkeeper Raphael Wolf had to come off his line to deny Gotze.
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