Bayern hit seven past Bochum to go top

Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich scores against Bochum in the Bundesliga in Munich yesterday. (Reuters)

Bayern Munich topped the Bundesliga for the first time this season with a 7-0 thrashing of Bochum yesterday as Robert Lewandowski scored for a record 13th consecutive home league game. Joshua Kimmich netted twice while Lewandowski poached a second-half goal to claim another league record as Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting all scored for Bayern. Greek defender Vasilios Lampropoulos scored a first-half own goal as Bochum ran out of luck at the Allianz Arena. Bayern will lose top spot in the league table if Wolfsburg maintain their 100% record with a fifth straight win today against Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern have won their last seven games, scoring at least three goals on each occasion, with Dortmund, Leipzig and Barcelona on the list of defeated opponents. Bochum, who have now won just once in 35 games at Bayern, were 4-0 down at half-time. Fresh from their Champions League win at Barcelona on Tuesday, Bayern head coach Julian Nagelsmann made three changes to the starting line-up. Josip Stanisic and Lucas Hernandez came into the back four with Gnabry on the right wing for Jamal Musiala. Sane was whistled by disgruntled Bayern fans during the Bavarian giants’ opening games this season after a series of below-par performances. However, the 25-year-old has since flourished with five assists and three goals in the last five games and also netted twice for Germany during this month’s World Cup qualifiers. Three days after their 6-3 mauling at Manchester City in the Champions League, RB Leipzig were made to work for a 1-1 draw at Cologne. Anthony Modeste gave Cologne a second-half lead after he and teammate Mark Uth both had efforts ruled offside. The VAR also spotted an offside when Leipzig playmaker Emil Forsberg put the ball in the net before Malian midfielder Amadou Haidara headed the visitors level. Leipzig have now taken just four points from a possible 15 from their first five league games under new head coach Jesse Marsch.Bundesliga results Bayern Munich 7 (Sane 17, Kimmich 27, 65, Gnabry 32, Lampropoulos 43-og, Lewandowski 61, Choupo-Moting 79) Bochum 0; Mainz 0 Freiburg 0; Augsburg 1 (Niederlechner 80) Borussia Moenchengladbach 0; Arminia Bielefeld 0 Hoffenheim 0 Playing today (all times GMT): VfB Stuttgart v Bayer Leverkusen (1330), Borussia Dortmund v Union Berlin (1530), VfL Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt (1730) Played Friday: Hertha Berlin 2 (Ekkelenkamp 61, Bauer 79-og) Greuther Fuerth 1 (Hrgota 57-og)