Robert Lewandowski made it ten goals in a week as Bayern Munich made it two wins out of two in the Champions League group stage, comfortably beating the defensively-woeful Dinamo Zagreb.
Dinamo were impressive against Arsenal, but gifted the ruthless Bayern, with Douglas Costa, Mario Gotze and the prolific Lewandowski taking full advantage.
Bayern were denied a clear-cut penalty in the opening ten minutes when a cross clearly clipped Dinamo defender Josip Pivaric on the arm, but referee Aleksei Kulbakov did not point to the spot.
Jerome Boateng smashed a low shot to Eduardo’s right, but the Portuguese stopper pushed it away as the German champions asserted their dominance.
Yet they did go in front after just 13 minutes; Thiago won the ball in midfield and lofted a pass to Douglas Costa. The Brazilian took the ball onto his stronger left foot and smashed it past Eduardo who should have saved it at his near post.
Thiago grabbed another assist eight minutes later as Bayern doubled their lead. A mistake from teenage centre-back Filip Benkovic saw Thiago one on one with the Dinamo goalkeeper, but the Spaniard unselfishly set-up Lewandowski to tap into an empty net.
The gap grew to three goals just moments later, with another sloppy error from the Dinamo backline. Eduardo hadn’t covered himself in glory with the first goal, and made matters worse when Götze’s shot squirmed past the Portuguese unforgivably, following great build-up play between Coman and Götze.
But Bayern were not finished as they definitively put the game beyond Dinamo before the half-hour mark. A Bayern corner was put into the area, and Lewandowski doubled his haul for the night by smashing a header onto the bar, bouncing just over the line.
Lewandowski’s hattrick came ten minutes after the restart. Thiago’s acute pass dissected the Dinamo defence like a hot knife through Croatian butter, and the striker turned and scooped his shot over the hapless Eduardo to complete his incredible seven day feat.
Bayern boss Pep Guardiola decided that was that, ringing changes aplenty with the Bundesliga clash against Borussia Dortmund this weekend looming large. Costa walked off to a standing ovation as Thomas Muller replaced him, and the booked Jerome Boateng was protected as Rafinha came on with 25 minutes left.
Lewandowski very nearly made it four goals in one night when he found himself one-on-one with Eduardo, but the goalkeeper actually foiled the striker for the first time on the night, plucking the ball from his feet.
The prolific Pole even put himself up for a freekick with just ten minutes to go, but his lethal touch in front of goal failed to translate to a dead-ball situation; the striker's shot blazed over harmlessly.
The intensity and noise level dropped considerably in the final few minutes, with Bayern comfortably in front and with Dortmund very near on the horizon. Thiago nearly grabbed himself a goal from a freekick, but Eduardo saved easily; not as easy as the manner of Bayern’s win, however.