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Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao scored two goals in five minutes as he returned to international duty with Colombia on Thursday.
The 29-year-old has struggled since joining United on deadline day last summer, scoring just four Premier League goals in 19 appearances.
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Falcao has started just once for United in the league since mid-Februrary but sent a message to club manager Louis van Gaal with a quikfire brace against Bahrain.
The Colombia international - who had already assisted the first goal - latched on to a a chipped through ball to lash a volley across the goalkeeper with his left boot, before bending the ball in at the near post with his right to put the South Americans 3-0 up in the first half.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">On his way down the tunnel at HT Falcao tells Colombian TV: "Yeah, I'm very very happy."— Carl Worswick (@cworswick) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/cworswick/status/581152545214734336" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-76296-https://twitter.com/cworswick/status/581152545214734336" data-vars-event-id="c23">March 26, 2015</a>
Falcao missed last summer's World Cup but his double at the Bahrain National Stadium took his tally to three goals in three starts for his country since last summer's showpiece.
