Sunday Mail (UK)

Robert’s just job for Carlo

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Carlo Ancelotti insists Robert Lewandowsk­i makes his job easy because he scores in every game.

Bundesli ga leader s Bayern Munich demolished Augsburg 6- 0 with the Pole scoring a hat-trick.

That protects thei r 13-point lead over secondplac­ed Leipzig and the Italian coach said: “What can I say about him? Robert did what he normally does.

“He scored three goals and set up two more.

“I am happy to have a forward who more or less scores in every game.”

The Bavarians, who face Real Madrid in the last eight of the Champions League this month, are on track for a fifth consecutiv­e crown.

Lewandowsk­i, who joined Borussia Dortmund’s PierreEmer­ick Aubameyang at the top of the scorers’ list with 24 goals, shot Bayern ahead after 17 minutes.

Thomas Mueller made it 2- 0 before Poland forward Lewandowsk­i slotted in 10 minutes after the restart.

Thiago grabbed a fourth before L ewandowsk i completed his hat-trick and Mueller hit his second to lift Bayern to 65 points.

Leipzig are second on 52 after they beat Darmstadt 4-0, with Naby Keita scoring twice against the bottom club who collapsed following the sending- off of Sandro Sirigu in the 72nd minute.

Dortmund failed to keep pace, stumbling to a 1-1 draw at Schalke 04 in the Ruhr Valley derby to drop to fourth on 47, a point behind Hoffenheim who beat Hertha Berlin on Friday.

In Serie A, Lazio sneaked a 2-1 win in Sassuolo thanks to Francesco Acerbi’s own goal to sit three points behind Napoli in fourth.

Athletic Bilbao won 2-1 at Osasuna to sit one point behind Villarreal, who lost 3-2 at home to Eibar, in seventh place in La Liga.

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