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A managerless Bayern Munich romped to a 6-0 win at Red Star Belgrade yesterday, with their principal striker Robert Lewandowski scoring four goals in 15 minutes - 14 minutes and 31 seconds to be exact. That was the fastest four-goal haul in Champions League history. As of now, Lewandowski is the competition's top scorer with 10 goals in five games. Red Star has now conceded 10 goals in its two most recent Champions League outings, a 4-0 defeat to Tottenham and now a 6-0 defeat to Bayern Munich. "The most important thing is that we played really well, defensively and on the attack," Lewandowski told  Sky .  It doesn't matter who plays, we follow the same plan." "I am just as happy when I don't score and we win," he added. The Polish striker's goal tally for the calendar year stands at 51. He is now only the second player in Champions League history - after Lionel Messi - to score four goals in a game on more than one occasion. Yesterda

Former Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho is about to be a Bayern Munich player. Barcelona and Bayern Munich reached an agreement in which Coutinho would play for Bayern Munich for a season. "I can confirm [Bayern sporting director] Hasan Salihamidzic and I were in Barcelona last Wednesday. And we reached an agreement with both the club and the player over a transfer," said Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.    "The player is expected here in Munich in the next days, Sunday or Monday at the latest. He'll do his medical and then sign his contract," he added. 27-year-old Coutinho is expected to travel to Munich in the coming days to finalize the transfer and undergo a medical with the club. The contract gives Bayern Munich the option to make the transfer permanent at the end of his loan spell. In his 76 games played for Barcelona, Coutinho has scored 21 goals. He has however been unable to replicate the exceptional displays of his Liverpool days whi

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness revealed his reason for not signing Cristiano Ronaldo when he left Real Madrid last summer. Hoeness told Blid, "We would have paid that amount for him with our eyes closed if he was 24 years old but he's 33." Cristiano Ronaldo is however not an average footballer and has proven so with his success at Juventus. He has scored 10 goals and made six assists in his first 14 league games. Moreover, results from Ronaldo's medical at Turin revealed that Ronaldo's physical state resembles that of a 20-year-old. The results also showed that Ronaldo has 7% body fat, with 10-11% being the average for professional footballers. His muscle mass of 50% also exceeds that of the average professional which is usually around 46%. Upon arriving Turin, Ronaldo said, "I'm different from other players who think their careers are over when they're my age. "I want to show that I'm not like others, I'm different. &quo