Lewandowski Scores As Bayern Defeats Salzburg

Robert Lewandowski bagged a record-breaking 11-minute hat-trick as Bayern Munich move into the Champions League quarter-finals with a 7-1 win.

The Polish striker scored three goals by the 23rd minute — the earliest anyone has ever completed a hat-trick in a Champions League game — as Bayern shook off their early nerves to crush Salzburg.

“This was definitely a statement from us, and it gives us hope that there is more like this to come,” Bayern captain Manuel Neuer told Amazon Prime after his side reached the last eight for a record 20th time. 

Austrian champions Salzburg had held Bayern to a 1-1 draw in the first leg, but their hopes of an upset in Munich were left in tatters when Lewandowski scored a tap-in and two penalties to send Bayern on their way to a famous victory.