In his 100th Bundesliga match, Harry Kane scored a goal and laid on two assists as he pulled the strings from deep, while Aleksandar Pavlovic and Michael Olise also got on the scoresheet. The dominant display was probably Bayern’s best performance of the season and a boost to their confidence ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League clash with English champions Arsenal. Luis Diaz hit a hat-trick as Bayern Munich pummelled a listless RB Leipzig 6-1 on Saturday to climb to the top of the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund had briefly edged ahead of Freiburg into top spot after their earlier draw at Union Berlin, but Bayern responded in typically ruthless fashion.
This result came after two successive draws, a rare run of middling form for the German giants, but they shook off the funk early on, with Diaz, Pavlovic and Olise putting the hosts in control before half-time. Bayern have now won their past three games against Leipzig by a combined scoreline of 17-1. It was the first draw between the two sides in their history, with each of their previous 16 clashes in all competitions producing a winner.
Diaz scored either side of a Kane tap-in after the break, with the England captain and former Tottenham striker withdrawn before the hour mark ahead of old rivals Arsenal’s visit.
Diaz had faced criticism after four league games without a goal but the Colombian sparked to life at the Allianz Arena in Munich, terrorising Leipzig defender Lukas Klostermann down the left. Stuttgart suffered a blow ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Atletico Madrid, going down 1-0 at Hamburg after an 88th-minute Miro Muheim winner. A first-half goal from Phillip Tietz was enough for Mainz to win 1-0 at Schalke and climb to fifth in the standings.
