Germany thumps Hungary as Musiala wreaks havoc
Jamal Musiala's scintillating performance led Germany to a 5-0 rout of Hungary in their UEFA Nations League clash on Sunday (AEST).
Musiala was unstoppable as he scored once and teed up three more goals in a five-star display for Julian Nagelsmann's team in Dusseldorf.
The Bayern Munich star was involved in the opener when he saw a shot rebounded to Niclas Fullkrug in the 27th minute, with the West Ham United striker making no mistake to slot home into an empty net.
Musiala eventually got on the scoresheet himself after the restart as he sprinted away from the Hungary defence on the counter and coolly finished past Peter Gulasci.
The 21-year-old turned provider once more in the 62nd minute as he laid the ball off for Florian Wirtz to strike home from the edge of the box, before he made it a hat-trick of assists when he played in club-mate Aleksandar Pavlovic.
In the only goal of the game not involving Musiala, Kai Havertz had to do it all himself. The Arsenal forward, who had previously rattled the crossbar, was tripped in the box before calmly passing his penalty into the bottom right corner.
Musiala provided four goal contributions in an international match for Germany for the first time. The playmaker is the youngest player to register four goal involvements in a single UEFA Nations League game for any team.
Prior to Musiala's strike, Germany's past six goals in the UEFA Nations League had all been scored by Premier League players.
Germany really clicked into gear after the break, and is unbeaten in its past five UEFA Nations League matches when leading at the break (won three, drawn two) dating back to October 2018 against France, when it lost 2-1.
