Bayern Munich produced an emphatic display to dispatch Hamburg 5-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday while champions Dortmund also won.
Bayern opened the scoring at the Allianz Arena through a Daniel Van Buyten header after he was recalled for Jerome Boateng.
The defender’s 13th-minute opener was shortly followed by Franck Ribery’s strike and when star-of-the-show Arjen Robben made it three on 35 minutes, the points were all but sealed.
Robben’s sublime chip after a superb solo run did not abate Bayern’s hunger, with Mario Gomez and Ivica Olic adding the fourth and fifth goals in the second half to end a miserable day for Hamburg.
Dortmund’s second win from three starts this season sent them back into the top four after they saw off Nuremberg 2-0 at home.
Second-half goals for Robert Lewandowski and Kevin Grosskreutz proved decisive, with the impressive display much more like the 2010-11 champions would expect following last week’s loss to Hoffenheim.
Meanwhile, Werder Bremen moved up to fourth with a 5-3 victory over Freiburg in a see-sawing affair.
Bremen took the lead and relinquished it three times before an 87th-minute penalty from Aaron Hunt and a stoppage-time strike from substitute Wesley gifted the home side all three points at Weserstadion.
Hoffenheim continued their good form with a comfortable 2-0 win over Augsburg at the SLG Arena.
Former Liverpool forward Ryan Babel opened the scoring for Hoffenheim on five minutes with a second-half Sejad Salihovic penalty securing three precious away points.
Leverkusen held off Stuttgart away to clinch a 1-0 victory thanks to Stefan Kiessling’s 28th-minute strike.
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