Bayern Munich snatch top spot in the Bundesliga by sweeping aside Leipzig

The Bavarian side scored a hat-trick of goals in each half

Bayern Munich tore Leipzig apart 6-1 on Saturday evening at the Allianz Arena in the sixth round of the German league.

The Bavarian giants move provisionally top on 14 points, pending the conclusion of the round. Leipzig stay frozen on nine points in seventh.

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Luis Diaz got them going in the 12th minute, pouncing on a Joshua Kimmich pass. Aleksandar Pavlovic made it two in the 26th, teed up by Diaz.

Michael Olise grabbed the third in the 34th minute after Harry Kane picked him out, and Bayern went in at the break three goals clear.

Two minutes into the second half, Diaz struck again, this time from a Kane pass. The England striker helped himself to the fifth in the 52nd minute, set up by Nathaniel Brown.

Diaz completed the half-dozen in the 69th minute to round off his hat-trick.

Andrea Maksimovic pulled one back for Leipzig in the 90+2 minute.

Bayern had drawn their previous two matches, 2-2 against Augsburg in the German league and 3-3 against Norway's Viking in the UEFA Champions League.