Bayern Munich football team coach Pep Guardiola has branded his side's whooping 7-1 win over Roma as a fluke, saying that it is not normal to win by such a big score.
Bayern stunned Roma with their biggest ever away win in Europe as they maintained their 100 percent record in Group E. Dutch winger Arjen Robben beat Ashley Cole to curl a stunning opener in the eighth minute before Mario Gotze combined with Thomas Muller to double Bayern's lead.
Polish striker Robert Lewandowski headed in a third to triple Bayern's lead before Robben put them in a comfortable position with his second goal in the 30th minute, The BBC reported.
Thomas Muller's penalty made it 5-0 for Bayern within just 36 minutes into the game.
Some relief came for Roma as Ivorian forward Gervinho headed in a consolation in the 66th minute but they could not make a comeback into the game as Frank Ribery and Xherdan Shaqiri struck to make it 7-1.
Bayern, who reached nine points with the win, are now five points clear of Roma and seven ahead of Manchester City, who earlier threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at CSKA Moscow.
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A win when the Italian side visit the Allianz Arena in two weeks will guarantee Bayern's progress to the knockout stages, but it is the manner of this win which would worry Europe's elite.
Bayern boss Guardiola said that this is a fluke, adding that it is not normal to win 7-1. he said that this is one-off result, and it doesn't reflect the true difference between the sides.
Guardiola also said that Bayern still have to play Roma in two weeks and added that he can bet that it won't be the same. He said that last season his side had the legs but not the mindset, adding that they needed to decide things a split-second quicker and now they are doing that.
Roma sit second in Serie A and have lost just once at home since the start of last season, but they were demolished by slick attacking football at the Stadio Olimpico.
Roma boss Rudi Garcia said that that what they did wrong was their strategy, adding that they needed to be tighter and use their players to break out, because their individual qualities lend themselves to that style of play.
Garcia said that they collapsed tactically and in terms of their aggressiveness, adding that they let a team like Bayern play. He said that Bayern has strong players and they knew that.
Garcia said that he was the first to make mistakes; it's not the players' fault, and added that the attitude and strategy in the first half were wrong.