Lewandowski spot on as Bayern breeze past Anderlecht

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Anderlecht's Lukasz Teodorczyk in action with Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

(Reuters) - Bayern Munich got off to a winning start in the Champions League for the 14th successive season on Tuesday with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Group B opponents Anderlecht who played most of the game with 10 men at the Allianz Arena.

Striker Robert Lewandowski received a pre-match slapdown from Bayern CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge after criticising the club's transfer policy, but the Pole showed his value on the pitch by scoring his seventh goal in six games this season from the penalty spot after being hacked down by Sven Kums, who received a red card.

The dismissal made a daunting task become even more difficult for the visitors who went further behind on 65 minutes when Thiago Alcantara side-footed a second from a cross by Joshua Kimmich.

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben reacts as Anderlecht's Olivier Deschacht looks on REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Niklas Suele had another effort disallowed for a foul before Kimmich rounded off the night by waltzing round the keeper to roll the ball into an empty net for Bayern's third.

(Reporting by Neil Robinson; Editing by Toby Davis)

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich scores their third goal REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Niklas Sule scores a goal that was disallowed REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich in action with Anderlecht's Dennis Appiah REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich celebrates scoring their third goal with Jerome Boateng, Arjen Robben and teammates REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich scores their third goal REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara celebrates scoring their second goal with Joshua Kimmich and Arjen Robben REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich celebrates scoring their third goal with Jerome Boateng REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Anderlecht's Sven Kums fouls Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski and was sent off REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their first goal from the penalty spot with teammates REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara celebrates scoring their second goal with Joshua Kimmich REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich players pose for a team group photo before the match REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski scores their first goal from the penalty spot REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti REUTERS/Michaela Rehle

Soccer Football - Champions League - FC Bayern Munich vs RSC Anderlecht - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - September 12, 2017 Anderlecht fans with flares REUTERS/Michaela Rehle