Lewandowski nets hat trick as Bayern move closer to title

Bayern Munich Boss Jupp Heynckes Plays Down Talk About Retirement

Bayern Munich Boss Jupp Heynckes Plays Down Talk About Retirement

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ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI bagged a treble as Bayern's famous frontrunning threesome destroyed second-bottom Hamburg in the Bundesliga.

Bayern have not lost since November, winning 16 of their last 17 games, and are now 20 points clear at the top of the table.

His latest exploits in front of goal mean he has now scored 100 Bundesliga goals for Bayern and is the club's all-time leading foreign goal-scorer with 142 from 182 games in all competitions.

Heynckes restored Ribery, Robben and Lewandowski to his starting line-up for the game and saw his faith in Bayern's senior professionals repaid with a clinical display of finishing, but suffered a blow when substitute Corentin Tolisso had to be carried off with a serious leg injury.

Then Lewandowski planted home a lethal header from Joshua Kimmich's cross.

"The game was over after 18 minutes", Hamburg coach Bernd Hollerbach told Sky.

Meanwhile, Hamburg remain seven points adrift of safety as they seek to avoid a first relegation in their history. "You can always lose to Bayern, but I didn't like the manner of our defeat".

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The Poland star soon picked up David Alaba's knockdown to drill the third from close-in.

Lewandowski fired a spot-kick high five minutes later but rounded off his hat-trick with a stoppage-time penalty.

Hamburg held on until Arjen Robben made it 4-0 10 minutes into the second half, and Ribery went on to claim his second.

Bayer Leverkusen hosted Borussia Moenchengladbach later.

Michael Gregoritsch scored twice to lead Augsburg to a 3-1 win at Hannover 96, who replied with a long-range effort from Salif Sane, while Hertha Berlin and Freiburg played out a goalless draw.

Hoffenheim added to VfL Wolfsburg's problems with a 3-0 win which left their opponents in 15th place and ahead of Mainz only on goal difference.

A well-angled strike from Serge Gnabry made it 2-0 on 77 minutes, before a calamitous Joshua Guilavogui own-goal secured victory.

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