Bayern make history with 8-0 victory

BERLIN: Bayern Munich crushed hapless Hamburg SV 8-0 on Saturday while Bas Dost scored four goals, including a stoppage-time winner, to give VfL Wolfsburg a 5-4 victory at Bayer Leverkusen on an unforgettable day in the Bundesliga.

The leaders handed Hamburg the heaviest defeat in their 52-year Bundesliga history to stay eight points clear of secondplaced Wolfsburg at the top of the table and respond in style to recent criticism of their performances by coach Pep Guardiola.

Thomas Mueller, Arjen Robben and Mario Goetze each scored twice for Bayern to sink sorry Hamburg who were beaten 9-2 in the same fixture two seasons ago when they offered their supporters a barbecue by way of apology.

Striker Dost became the first Dutchman to score four times in a Bundesliga game as Wolfsburg led 3-0 and 4-2 before Leverkusen, for whom Son Heung-min bagged a hat-trick, pegged them back to 4-4.

The drama continued elsewhere as Granit Xhaka’s last-gasp goal gave Borussia Moenchengladbach a 1-0 win over local rivals Cologne and Sebastian Rudy scored in stoppage time as Hoffenheim triumphed 2-1 against VfB Stuttgart who are now bottom.

Werder Bremen continued their revival with a 3-2 victory over Augsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt beat Schalke 04 1-0 with a second-half goal by Lucas Piazon.