Luis Díaz scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich ended a mini crisis in emphatic fashion with a 6-1 demolition of RB Leipzig on Saturday which took them to the top of the Bundesliga for at least a day.
Díaz wasted a big chance in the first minute before he opened the scoring in the 12th off an over the top ball from Joshua Kimmich.
Bayern were in full control as Díaz set up Aleksandar Pavlović to smash the second in the 26th and Michael Olise netted into the bottom right corner after a one-two with Harry Kane in the 34th.
Díaz had the first chance of the second half and this time he made no mistake when he curled into the far between two defenders for 4-0. Kane joined the scoring in the 53rd before Olise set up Díaz to complete his hat-trick into the right corner.
The only blemish was no clean sheet as Andrija Maksimović smashed a stoppage time goal into the roof of the net past Jonas Urbig, who was playing for the injured Manuel Neuer.
It could have been even worse for Leipzig, who just a week ago trounced Eintracht Frankfurt 6-0, had their goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt not made a number of big saves, including deflecting efforts from Olise against the post and crossbar, respectively.
Victory was sweet for Bayern who were held 2-2 in the Bundesliga in Augsburg last week and 3-3 in mid-week at Viking Stavanger in the Champions League, where Olise was sent off which will make him miss next week's big match in the elite event against Arsenal.
They moved into first place in the league, ahead on goal difference of Borussia Dortmund, who were held 0-0 at Union Berlin. But last week's leaders Freiburg can reclaim the top on Sunday ahead of next week's home game against Bayern if they win at Bayer Leverkusen.
Leipzig - under new coach Martin Demichelis who played at Bayern for many years at Bayern and then also formed Manchester City's central defence with now Bayern coach Vincent Kompany - are in midfield and have lost their first three games away from home for the first time in the Bundesliga.
