Munich back in control

ROBERT Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry scored doubles as Bayern Munich rampaged to a thumping 5-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen to return to the top of the Bundesliga on Monday.

After suffering a shock loss to Eintracht Frankfurt two weeks ago and losing top spot to Borussia Dortmund overnight, Bayern bounced back in style against fellow title hopefuls Leverkusen.

Level on points in first and second before the weekend, the gulf in class between the teams was apparent as Bayern put its host to the sword with a brutal and brilliant first-half performance.

“It sounds a bit strange when you’ve scored five goals, but we could have had six or seven in the first half today,” Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann told broadcaster DAZN.

The 31-time German champion smashed in four goals in the space of seven minutes in the first half to humiliate a young Leverkusen side and go a point clear of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the table.

“It was clear after 45 minutes that the three points were coming to Munich,” said Lewandowski (pictured), who kicked the opening two goals.

“The result shows how well we played.”