Bayern Bounce Back to Rout Bremen 6-1

Date: 15 December 2019 - 21:56

News ID: ۷۳۹۵۶

BERLIN (AP) — Philippe Coutinho has finally lived up to Bayern Munich’s high hopes for the Brazil playmaker.
Coutinho scored a hat trick and set up two more goals to help Bayern end their two-game losing run in the Bundesliga with a 6-1 rout of Werder Bremen on Saturday.
"That was his game,” said fellow goal-scorer Robert Lewandowski, who grabbed two.
Substitute Thomas Müller scored the other goal as Bayern bounced back from successive 2-1 defeats to Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen.
Bremen’s visit came just at the right time for the seven-time defending champion. Bremen had lost their previous 20 competitive games against Bayern, 17 in the league and three in the German Cup.
Coutinho gave a demonstration of what Bayern had been expecting when they signed him on loan with a purchase option for 120 million euros (US$133 million) from Barcelona in the offseason.
However, Florian Kohfeldt’s team gave Bayern a scare when Milot Rashica rifled a shot from outside the penalty area past Manuel Neuer to open the scoring in the 24th minute.