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Bayern Munich beat Sporting 5-0 at the Jose Alvalade stadium to establish a dominant position in their Champions League last-16 tie.

Bayern Munich beat Sporting 5-0 at the Jose Alvalade stadium to establish a dominant position in their Champions League last-16 tie.

Braces from Franck Ribery and Luca Toni along with a Miroslav Klose strike gave Juergen Klinsmann's side a stranglehold over their Portuguese opponents, following a commanding performance.

Ribery capitalised in the 42nd minute as Anderson Polga sloppily squandered possession in his own half before storming forward and slotting coolly under Tiago.

Miroslav Klose then bundled home Bayern's second from close range after Luca Toni headed the ball powerfully into his path just before the hour mark.

Ribery then doubled his tally for the game, dispatching a 63rd minute penalty with aplomb, after Philipp Lahm had charged into the box, drawing a misjudged challenge from Fabio Rochemback.

Toni, who was passed fit after an Achilles problem, then rose to meet Ribery's looping cross and beat Tiago to send the home fans into a chorus of disgruntled whistling.

The rout was then complete when Ribery again fed Toni, who saw his initial effort saved by Tiago, before tapping in the rebound to send the travelling supporters into delirium.

Polga's early aberration could have been forgiven, but for Philipp Lahm's perfect positional sense in the 12th minute - the full-back heading his effort off the line, with Michael Rensing beaten.

Sporting did have further opportunities to score but Vanderlei Derlei and Liedson, for all their raw pace and endeavour, lacked composure in front of goal, with Rensing rarely tested.

Indeed, Liedson wastefully headed wide early in the first half, with a tight angle his only excuse after meeting Rochemback's cross six yards out.

Toni could have got off the mark in the 24th minute, leaping high to head Ribery's cross goalward, but the Italy forward mistimed his jump and the chance was squandered.

When another glorious opportunity for Liedson went begging late on, the hosts knew it was not to be their night - the forward headed wide from 12 yards out, completely unmarked, as Leandro Romagnoli whipped in another pin-point cross.

Toni was equally as slack when scuffing his shot from six yards out in the 88th minute after Ribery had yet again given his team-mate a relative tap-in, but by then the damage had already been inflicted.

Paulo Bento's side will require considerably more clinical finishing from their forwards as they confront a surely insurmountable deficit going into the second leg in Munich on March 11.

Dan Quarrell / Eurosport