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Bayern run riot again to extend lead

Ina Fassbender / Reuters

Berlin - Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben both scored twice as Bayern Munich stretched their lead to 11 points at the top of the German Bundesliga following a crushing 6-0 win at 10-man Paderborn on Saturday.

The title holders were held scoreless by Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday but they have now scored 14 goals in two league matches after tearing apart a Paderborn side that started the day in 13th position.

Lewandowksi's first-half double on his return to the starting line-up got Bayern on their way, while Robben is now the league's top scorer after getting his 15th and 16th goals of the season.

Franck Ribery and Mitchell Weiser were also on the mark as Bayern scored four times in the second half after the home team had Florian Hartherz sent off.

Lewandowski beat home 'keeper Lukas Kruse from Robben's pass on 24 minutes and the Polish striker got his 10th league goal of the season eight minutes before half-time when he turned home Ribery's low centre.

Any hope of a fightback by the home side disappeared when Hartherz was sent off on 63 minutes. The Paderborn defender had collided with Robben in the area and the Dutch winger picked himself up to slot home from the penalty spot.

Ribery fired home from inside the box with 18 minutes left before substitute Weiser made it five with a clever lob over Kruse.

Robben completed the scoring from another Ribery cross.

Meanwhile, Werder Bremen are still unbeaten since the winter break after Sebastian Proedl got an injury-time equaliser for a 1-1 draw at fourth-placed Schalke.

Werder, who started the day in eighth, had been looking for a sixth league win in succession. But they fell behind on 61 minutes when Max Meyer's weak effort was spilled into the corner by goalkeeper Raphael Wolf.

However, Proedl climbed above Schalke keeper Timon Wellenreuther to nod home from a free-kick two minutes into stoppage time.

There was late drama in Augsburg too as goalkeeper Marwin Hitz stabbed home in the fourth minute of injury time to salvage a 2-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen.

The visitors had dominated the first half but only had Josip Drmic's eighth-minute goal to show for it.

And Leverkusen were made to pay when Brazilian attacker Caiuby was left unmarked in the box to poke home his first goal for Augsburg after 59 minutes.

A deflected shot from Stefan Reinartz looked to have won it for Leverkusen but they failed to clear a corner and Hitz volleyed in from close range.

He becomes the first goalkeeper to score a Bundesliga goal from open play since Frank Rost for Bremen in March 2002.

Elsewhere, Marvin Schmidt's reign as manager of Mainz 05 got off to a dream start as they came from behind to beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 in the Rhine-Main derby.

Third bottom Freiburg were held to a 1-1 draw by mid-table Hoffenheim after a thumping strike from Kevin Volland cancelled out Immanuel Hohn's goal.

On Friday, goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ilkay Gundogan and Marco Reus saw Borussia Dortmund warm up for their Champions League clash with Juventus by winning 3-2 at bottom club VfB Stuttgart.

Dortmund are now seven points clear of Stuttgart following their third league win in a row.

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