Lewandowski bags a triple in Hertha hammering as Leverkusen reach the summit of Bundesliga table

Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thumped Hertha Berlin 5-0 on Saturday, with the Poland striker passing the milestone of 300 goals for the defending Bundesliga champions.Bayern took an early lead through Thomas Mueller before Lewandowski struck either side of a Jamal Musiala goal.Having scored a record 41 goals last season in the Bundesliga, Lewandowski has already netted five times in three league matches this term.Lewandowski sets a new personal best, 13 straight Bundesliga games with a goal 👏 pic.twitter.com/KfG5CDnubg— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 28, 2021 The rout saw Bayern move into second in the table, level on seven points but behind early leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who moved top of the fledgling Bundesliga table after sweeping Augsburg aside 4-1 on Saturday thanks to two early own goals. Uncapped 18-year-old midfielder Florian Wirtz celebrated his Germany call-up on Friday by scoring the visitors’ fourth as the Werkself took top spot on goal difference.He can’t be stopped! Haaland strikes in injury time to give BVB a dramatic 3-2 win over HoffenheimAugsburg made a disastrous start when Brazilian defender Iago, then striker Florian Niederlechner both turned the ball into their own net to generously leave Leverkusen 2-0 up after 14 minutes.Niederlechner made amends soon after when he stabbed home after Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky had rushed off his line.Just before the break, Leverkusen had a goal by Moussa Diaby ruled out by VAR for a handball in the build-up.##EDITORS_CHOICE##It was one-way traffic in the second half as Leverkusen dominated their Bavarian hosts. Czech striker Patrik Schick fired in their third goal, before Wirtz found the net from a tight angle late on.Elsewhere in Bundesliga, Mainz scored a thumping 3-0 win over newly-promoted Greuter Furth while Freiburg celebrated a 3-2 victory away at Stuttgart.BUNDESLIGA – Round 3FridayBorussia Dortmund – Hoffenheim 3-2 (0-0)/Reyna 49, Bellingham 69, Haaland 90+1 – Baumgartner 61, Dabbur 90/SaturdayStuttgart – Freiburg 2-3 (2-3)/Mavropanos 45, Al Ghaddioui 45 – Wee-Yeong 3, 9, Holer 28/Koln – Bochum 2-1 (0-0)/Schaub 82, Lemperle 90 – Zoller 90/Augsburg – Leverkusen 1-4 (1-2)/Niederlechner 30 – Iago 3 og, Niederlechner 14 og, Schick 75, Wirtz 81/Bielefeld – Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 (0-1)/Wimmer 86 – Hauge 22/Mainz – Greuter Furth 3-0 (2-0)/Lucoqui 15, Szalai 18, Stoger 90/Bayern – Hertha 5-0 (2-0)/Muller 6, Lewandowski 35, 70, 84, Musiala 49/Sunday16.30: (2.70) Union Berlin (3.15) M’ gladbach (2.70)18.30: (3.30) Wolfsburg (3.40) RB Leipzig (2.20)***odds are subject to change

 

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