Radamel Falcao captained Colombia to a comprehensive 6-0 away win over Bahrain in an international friendly on Thursday evening, scoring twice.

The Manchester United striker showed his undoubted class as the visitors raced into a three-goal lead in the first half and he proved a handful for the defence throughout his time on the field.

After setting up the opener for Carlos Bacca with an unselfish pass, the Reds star latched onto a through ball on 32 minutes and allowed it to drop onto his left foot, steering an unerring first-time effort into the corner of the net.

Surging clear again a few minutes later, he finished with his right foot this time as the ball deflected off a sliding defender and past Sayed Mohamed Abbas to make it 3-0.

Falcao came close to a hat-trick but found the side-netting when stretching at the far post four minutes before the break and narrowly failed to touch in a free-kick after the break. He then had the ball in the net again on 57 minutes but was denied by the offside flag.

Adrian Ramos added a fourth goal while Falcao was still on the pitch, dancing through to smash the ball home. The United forward was substituted in the 70th minute and the man who replaced him, Andrés Rentería, set up the fifth strike for fellow debutant Johan Mojica before then netting the sixth himself.

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