Barcelona flop Coutinho and Lewandowski fire Bayern to top of table

Bayern Munich's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho reacts after a penalty during the German First division Bundesliga football match between FC Bayern Munich and 1 FC Cologne in Munich, on September 21, 2019. [AFP]

Philippe Coutinho’s first Bayern Munich goal and a brace from Robert Lewandowski helped the German champions go top of the Bundesliga with a 4-0 thrashing of 10-man Cologne yesterday.

Poland star striker Lewandowski put Bayern ahead with just 150 seconds gone at the Allianz Arena after Joshua Kimmich split the Cologne defence before then doubling the hosts’ lead with a header from a corner at the start of the season half to take his league tally to nine in five games.