Díaz scores hat-trick as Bayern beat Leipzig 6-1 and go top on goal difference

Luis Díaz scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich beat RB Leipzig 6-1 at the Allianz Arena on Saturday and moved to the top of the Bundesliga on goal difference. Aleksandar Pavlović, Michael Olise and Harry Kane, on his 100th Bundesliga appearance, also scored for Bayern before Leipzig substitute Andrija Maksimović pulled one back in stoppage time.

The win ended a run of two draws in which coach Vincent Kompany's side had conceded five goals and fallen behind early both times: after 8.4 seconds in the 2-2 at Augsburg and after 71 seconds in the 3-3 at Viking in Stavanger in the Champions League.

Three goals before the break

Díaz opened the scoring in the 12th minute, running onto a lofted pass from captain Joshua Kimmich and beating Leipzig goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt. The Colombian then turned provider for Pavlović, who finished at the near post in the 26th minute. Eight minutes later Olise, criticised after his red card in Stavanger, exchanged passes with Kane and fired the third into the bottom corner.

Díaz completes the hat-trick

Díaz needed 95 seconds of the second half to make it 4-0, running at Leipzig defender Lukas Klostermann and curling the ball into the far corner. Kane then tapped in a cut-back from defender Nathaniel Brown for 5-0, his 102nd goal in 100 Bundesliga games, and Díaz completed his hat-trick in the 69th minute with a shot from the edge of the box after a short corner involving Olise. Maksimović's consolation, set up by Brajan Gruda, came in the first minute of stoppage time.

Bayern had 17 shots on target to Leipzig's four, and Leipzig did not test Bayern goalkeeper Jonas Urbig until the 78th minute. Vandevoordt made 11 saves. Urbig, 23, again deputised for Manuel Neuer, who had already missed the Champions League game with a foot problem.

Kompany on the bench

Kompany watched almost the whole match from the bench rather than from his usual spot in the technical area, and assistant Aaron Danks gave most of the instructions from the touchline. "He's not fully fit, that's why he's sitting a lot, and that's why we agreed that our assistant coaches would stand a bit more today," sporting director Christoph Freund told Sky at half-time.

Kompany missed the post-match press conference, where board member for sport Max Eberl took his place. "He has struggled through the whole week with a virus," Eberl said. "He's been taking vitamins constantly. He really isn't well. And on top of that he has problems with his hip."

What it changes

Bayern have 14 points from six games, level with Borussia Dortmund, who drew 0-0 at Union Berlin earlier on Saturday, but with a goal difference of +17 to Dortmund's +7. Freiburg, on 13 points from five games, go two points clear if they win at Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.

Leipzig are seventh on nine points after their third league defeat of the season: they have won all three home games and lost all three away. It was also their fourth straight competitive defeat against Bayern. "We weren't present without the ball and we weren't brave on the ball either," said Leipzig coach Martin Demichelis, back at his former club. "We have to apologise to our fans."

Both clubs are back in the Champions League on Wednesday: Bayern host Arsenal, while Leipzig travel to Real Madrid. "There aren't many things we can take from here to Madrid," Demichelis said.