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Bayern stretch winning run with 2-1 win at Anderlecht

Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Anderlecht's Sofiane Hanni scores their first goal REUTERS/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Robert Lewandowski and Corentin Tolisso scored to earn already-qualified Bayern Munich a scrappy 2-1 Champions League win at Anderlecht on Wednesday, stretching their winning streak under coach Jupp Heynckes to nine matches in all competitions.

Lewandowski put the visitors ahead six minutes after halftime but Sofiane Hanni's volley on the hour gave the Belgians, who had missed a bagful of golden chances in the first half, their first Champions League goal of the season.

France's Tolisso, however, rose high to head in a Joshua Kimmich cross in the 77th minute and leave Anderlecht bottom of the group and without a point from five matches.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Yves Herman

Bayern are on 12 points, three adrift of Paris St Germain, who were 7-1 winners against Celtic and are the Germans' final group opponents next month.

Heynckes, who led Bayern to a treble in 2013, took over last month following the sacking of Carlo Ancelotti and quickly turned their season around.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski in action with Anderlecht's Kara Mbodji REUTERS/Yves Herman

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Toby Davis)

Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski in action with /and REUTERS/Yves Herman
Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Bayern Munich's Arturo Vidal after sustaining an injury REUTERS/Yves Herman
Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Anderlecht's Sofiane Hanni celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Yves Herman
Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski in action with Anderlecht's Uros Spajic REUTERS/Yves Herman
Soccer Football - Champions League - Anderlecht vs Bayern Munich - Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht, Belgium - November 22, 2017 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski in action with Anderlecht's Uros Spajic REUTERS/Yves Herman
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