Bayern Munich seems to have recovered their 2014 form just when they needed it the most. After starting this year with two consecutive games without a victory, Guardiola's men managed to score eight goals against Hamburger for the first time in Bundesliga's history. Even though Bayern's players fell short of tying the club record of nine goals against today's opponents, this is the greatest goal difference they've accomplished while playing against Josef Zinnbauer's men.
Bayern's night started with a penalty kick transformed by Thomas Müller after 21 minutes, just to be followed by Mario Gotze's strike two minutes later. But the first half had a gem in store for the Bavarian fanbase, who praised Arjen Robben after a magnificent outside-the-box beauty.
3 things are certain in life; taxes, death and Arjen Robben's left foot... https://t.co/DRNnUvNvxQ
— FootballFacts101 (@FootballFact101) February 14, 2015
hello do you have a moment to discuss our lord and savior arjen robben ?
— Ali (@_BayernFanatic) February 14, 2015
Arjen Robben now joint top scorer in the Bundesliga. The greatest current player to never make Ballon D'Or top three?
— Daniel Storey (@danielstorey85) February 14, 2015
After the break, Bayern attacked relentlessly to score five times in 45 minutes. With only two minutes into the second half, Robben netted the ball once again after dribbling past three players just to finish with absolute class. Thomas Müller made it 5-0 after putting to good use an assist by Bastian Schweinsteiger. The German striker celebrated in quite a curious fashion.
After Robert Lewandowski scored the sixth goal thanks to a pass by Müller, Franck Ribery added his name to the score sheet after recovering from a thigh injury. The French wingman had just entered the pitch, taking Mehdi Benatia's place.
Bayern Munich are 7-0 up with 20 minutes to play. pic.twitter.com/UodMEOtwG1
— Football Tips (@footballtips) February 14, 2015
Finally, Mario Götze scored the eighth goal of the day curling his right-footed strike past Jaroslav Drobny. How did fans react to their team's astonishing performance? Have a look below!
Full time at the Allianz Arena: Bayern Munich 8 - 0 Hamburg. #FCB #HSV pic.twitter.com/6DOiH8GdzK
— Football__Tweet (@Football__Tweet) February 14, 2015
Bayern Munich is the best They made my day pic.twitter.com/chKtjotrz8
— .RAYAA (@Rayaaaa95) February 14, 2015
Last 8 games between Bayern Munich vs. Hamburg [@br_uk] 8-0 (Today) 4-1 5-0 3-1 9-2 3-0 1-1 6-0 pic.twitter.com/5jxrYbcVeo
— FourFourTweet (@FourFourTweet) February 14, 2015
Guardiola's largest victories (375 games as Manger) > Barça 9-0 Hospitalet > Barça 8-0 Osasuna > Almería 0-8 Barça > BAYERN 8-0 HAMBURG
— MisterChip (English) (@MisterChiping) February 14, 2015
Bayern Munich: Only Juventus (13) have scored more goals from outside the box in Europe’s top 5 leagues this season than Bayern (11) #FCBHSV
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) February 14, 2015