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Sadio Mane (r.) scored one and made another in Bayern Munich's 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzen.
Sadio Mane (r.) scored one and made another in Bayern Munich's 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzen. - © Getty Images
Sadio Mane (r.) scored one and made another in Bayern Munich's 5-0 win over Viktoria Plzen. - © Getty Images
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Sadio Mane helps UEFA Champions League record-breakers Bayern Munich thrash Viktoria Plzen

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Sadio Mane was among the goals as Bayern Munich made it a record 31 UEFA Champions League group games unbeaten with a 5-0 victory over Viktoria Plzen.

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Bayern Munich 5-0 Viktora Plzen
Goals: 1-0 Sane 7' (assist: Musiala), 2-0 Gnabry 13' (assist: Goretzka), 3-0 Mane (21'), 4-0 Sane 50' (assist: Mane), 5-0 Choupo-Moting 59' (assist: Goretzka)

Back to their rampant best in Friday’s 4-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, Bayern steamrollered Czech champions Plzen in a dominant first-half display at the Allianz Arena. Leroy Sane set the tone with a sensational run and arrowed 18-yard strike, before Bayern added a second. Manuel Neuer started a move which went through Alphonso Davies, Jamal Musiala and Leon Goretzka, and culminated in Serge Gnabry steering a precision finish past the goalkeeper. The chances in full flow, Mane got in on the act with a swerving run and emphatic left-footed hit. The VAR prevented Musiala from making it four, after Mane was adjudged to have been offside in the build-up.

Davies and Musiala were given the half-time hook with an eye on Saturday's trip to Borussia Dortmund, but Bayern showed no let-up after the restart. The second half was just five minutes old when Mane lofted an exquisite ball over the Plzen defence for Sane, who ghosted between the two centre-backs to control and finish in style. A fifth goal arrived when Goretzka collected from Mane and teed up substitute Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting for a clipped effort off the upright. Neuer was tested for the first time with over an hour gone, while substitute Marcel Sabitzer twice chanced his arm from range as Bayern eased off the pedal, a third straight Group C triumph long in the bag.

Match stats

  • Bayern have scored at least once in their last 39 home matches in the Champions League group stage, dating back to 2009 (0-2 vs. Bordeaux).
  • Mane has scored seven, and had seven ruled out in 13 appearances for Bayern.
  • Sane is Bayern's top scorer in this season's Champions League, with four goals in three games. He is the second Bayern player, after Robert Lewandowski (2019/20 and 2021/22) to score in the first three group games of a Champions League campaign.
  • Davies is now the Champions League's record Canadian appearance-maker (24 games).
  • Five of Choupo-Moting's eight Champions League goals have been as a substitute.
  • Bayern's record in European games against Czech clubs reads: W10, D2, L1. They've won all five of their previous meetings with Plzen.

Teams

Bayern: Neuer (c) - Mazraoui, Upamecano (Pavard 72'), de Ligt, Davies (Stanisic 46') - Goretzka (Sabitzer 73'), Gravenberch - Sane (Tel 58'), Musiala (Choupo-Moting 46'), Mane - Gnabry
Unused subs: Ulreich
Out: Coman (fitness), Hernandez (groin), Kimmich (unavailable), Müller (unavailable), Sarr (patella tendon)
Coach: Julian Nagelsmann

Plzen: Tvrdon - Holik, Hejda (c) (Tijani 63'), Pernica, Havel - N’Diaye, Kalvach - Kopic (Jirka 58'), Vlkanova (Jemelka 46'), Mosquera (Pilar 85') - Chory (Bassey 58')
Unsued subs: Jedlicka, Stanek, Kliment, Cermak
Out: Bucha (suspended), Sykora (knee)
Coach: Michal Bilek

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