D espite a scare early on with going 1-0 down to Shakhtar Donetsk inside of the first five minutes at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Bayern Munich went on to earn a 5-1 victo

BILD says United are watching the Austria international, who has been a regular at fullback with Bayern. Laimer has made 17 competitive appearances for the German giants this season.

After a shaky start to this year's Champions League, Bayern Munich will be looking to take a step closer to booking their place in the round of 16 as they take on Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk. After suffering stinging defeats to Aston Villa and Barcelona in October,

It was a good solid win from a Bayern Munich team that was clearly the better of the two sides today. It did not always look like it would end that way — a smash-and-grab early from Shakhtar Donetsk’s Kevin,