Diaz hat-trick powers Bayern to huge win over Leipzig

The Bavarians dominated the match at the Allianz Arena from the onset before Luis Diaz opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a neat finish after being released on goal by a Joshua Kimmich pass.

Leipzig goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoort was then forced made a good save from Dayot Upamecano before Diaz setup Alexander Pavlovic to double the lead ten minutes later.

The home side continued to pile on the pressure with Michael Olise and Ismael Saibari threatening to score, with Olise finding the net in the 34th minute with a precise left-footed finish to head into half time at 3-0.

Martin Demichelis made a double change at the break for the visitors, but they found themselves 4-0 down within just two minutes of the second half, when Diaz curled the ball into the far corner of the net.

German midfielder Nathaniel Brown set up England star Harry Kane for an easy tap in before Vandevoort denied Serge Gnabry, Upamecano and Olise.

Colombian star Diaz completed his hat trick with another curled finish in the 69th minute with Olise hitting the woodwork in the closing stages of the match.

However, Leipzig denied the hosts a clean sheet when Andrija Maksimovic netted his first goal of the season in the first minute of injury time.

"The first 60 minutes were a very good performance. In the first half in particular, we could've scored even more goals," admitted Kimmich after the victory.

"We then started the second half very well. The last 30 minutes were okay, but the first 60 were on another level. I'm really happy for Lucho [Diaz]. He really earned it."

"He obviously missed a few chances at the start of the season, but he produced such amazing numbers for us last season. He had an excellent game today and was definitely the man tonight. I'm so happy for him."

The result takes Bayern temporarily back to the top of the Bundesliga ahead of Freiburg's visit to Bayer Leverkusen.

Dortmund held to a draw by Union Berlin

Borussia Dortmund were held to their second successive draw following a goalless draw against Union Berlin at the An der alten Forsterei on Saturday.

The fixture began with a highly contested opening stanza with the visitors' applying waves of pressure and dominating possession without creating any clear chances.

Berlin came closest to scoring late in the half when Kastriot Imeri's free kick was well dealt with by goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.

Dortmund had the first chance to take the lead in the 56th minute when Maxi Beier narrowly missed the target from Julian Ryerson.

The home side probed through a counter-attacking move that saw Tim Skarke fail to capitalize following an erroneous pas from Dortmund defeder Kouakou Gadou.

Dortmund had other chances with Serhou Guirassy coming close with a couple of headers, but they could not find the winner.

"We didn't do enough to create more problems for our opponents," admitted Gobel after the match.

"To put pressure on them, to penetrate deeper into their half, or to threaten their goal from time to time. Ultimately, that's what we lacked today. Ultimately, you're left with a scoreless draw, which is frustrating and painful."

Elversberg bounce back to beat Augsburg

Elversberg defeated Ausburg 4-3 in a thrilling encounter at teh Ursapharm-Arena on Saturday ending a three-match winless run in the league.

The home side took an early fourth minute lead through Lukas Petkov before Lasse Gunther doubled the lead just three minutes later.

Maximilian Rohr added a third (28') prior to Augsburg injury time penalty that was cooly converted by Fabian Rieder.

Substitute Michael Gregoritsch scored the second penalty for the visitors in the 76th minute but another substitute Frederik Schmahl scored a fourth for his side before Mert Komur scored a third for Augburg before full-time.

Elsewhere, Mainz beat Schalke 1-0 at the VELTINS-Arena courtesy of a Philip Tietz low strike midway through the first half.

Meanwhile, Miro Munheim's 88th minute goal was enough to hand Hamburg a 1-0 win over VfB Stuttgart at Volksparkstadion to move up to ninth on the league table.

Werder Bremen rallied back from two goals down in the first half to claim a 2-2 draw against Paderborn with Nicolas Fullkrug's brace rescuing a point after goals from Sefano Marino and Steffen Tigges.

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