Borussia Dortmund stormed back to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 6-2 romp at home to Hamburg to knock European champions Bayern Munich from first place.
After Pep Guardiola’s Bayern had briefly claimed top spot with a 2-0 win over Hanover 96, Dortmund replied by routing Torsten Fink’s Hamburg in emphatic style.
“That was simply awesome, it was fun just to watch,” beamed Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp.
“Towards the end, my heart was singing and apart from the two goals we conceded, we defended well.”
New signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted twice, as did Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, as Champions League runners-up Dortmund pulled away after Hamburg had levelled at 2-2.
Borussia raced into a 2-0 lead after 22 minutes as Aubameyang celebrated his first start with the opening goal before fellow new signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan added the second.
Hamburg responded as defender Zhi-Gin Lam scored his first goal with a thunderbolt from outside the area on 26 minutes, before centre-back Heiko Westermann headed the second on 49 minutes.
But Dortmund then hit top gear as Aubameyang grabbed his second by burying Mkhitaryan’s pass before the Gabon winger set up Lewandowski for Dortmund’s fourth.
With Hamburg’s defence in disarray, Germany winger Marco Reus slotted past goalkeeper Rene Adler, then Lewandowski compounded the guests’ misery when he headed the sixth just shy of the final whistle.