FC Bayern München beat RB Leipzig 6–1 as Luis Díaz scores a hat-trick

Bayern’s first-half goals

Joshua Kimmich released Díaz with a pass for the opener in the 12th minute, and Díaz placed his finish into the left corner. He then supplied Aleksandar Pavlović after Kane’s long pass, with Pavlović scoring at the near post in the 26th minute.

Vandevoordt turned a Michael Olise attempt onto the post in the 29th minute, keeping Bayern from adding a third goal at that stage of the first half.

Olise did score in the 34th minute, finishing from the edge of the area after a move involving Konrad Laimer and Kane.

Goals after halftime

Leipzig went into halftime trailing 3–0 and made two changes for the restart. Tidiam Gomis and Nicolas Seiwald came on, replacing Christopher Nkunku and Ezechiel Banzuzi.

Kane released Díaz again after the restart, and Díaz scored Bayern’s fourth in the 47th minute.

Nathaniel Brown then squared the ball for Kane, who scored from close range in the 53rd minute. His finish made it five for Bayern, six minutes after Díaz had scored his second goal of the match.

Díaz completes his hat-trick

Around the 59th minute, Bayern replaced Kane, Pavlović, Saibari and Laimer with Karl, Bischof, Gnabry and Stanišić in a four-player change.

Díaz completed his hat-trick in the 69th minute, curling in Bayern’s sixth after a short corner involving Olise.

Leipzig’s late reply

Leipzig substitute Andrija Maksimović scored under the crossbar in the first minute of stoppage time. That late goal provided Leipzig’s only reply as the match ended 6–1.

Díaz also finished with an assist for Pavlović’s goal and was named the Bundesliga’s Man of the Match.