Berlin: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang grabbed a hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund romped to a 6-1 home thrashing of Borussia Moenchengladbach to regain top spot in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Gladbach had no answer to Peter Bosz’s fleet-footed Dortmund, who opened a two-point lead over Hoffenheim at the top of the table before Tuesday’s Champions League clash with holders Real Madrid.
Aubameyang, last season’s top scorer in Germany’s top flight, has now netted eight goals in six league games — one ahead of main rival Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich.
Left winger Maximilian Philipp scored Dortmund’s first two goals with ice-cold finishing before Aubameyang’s hat-trick, with defensive midfielder Julian Weigl scoring a superb sixth. After third-placed Bayern threw away a two-goal lead on Friday in a 2-2 draw at home to Wolfsburg, Dortmund are now three points ahead of the defending champions.
Teenage midfielder Dennis Geiger scored his first league goal as Hoffenheim briefly went top earlier in the day with a 2-0 win against Schalke.
Juve’s Dybala in imperious form
Milan: Paulo Dybala scored a double as Juventus outclassed 10-man Torino 4-0 in Saturday’s Turin derby to stay top of Serie A alongside Napoli who battled past SPAL 3-2.
AS Roma also cruised past Udinese 3-1, to give all of Italy’s Champions League contenders confidence boosts ahead of next week’s action.
Results:
Bundesliga: RB Leipzig 2 (Augustin 28, Werner 67) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Rebic 77); Hoffenheim 2 (Geiger 13, Rupp 90+3) Schalke 04 0; Werder Bremen 0 SC Freiburg 0; VfB Stuttgart 0 FC Augsburg 0; Mainz 05 1 (De Blasis 54-pen) Hertha Berlin 0; Borussia Dortmund 6 (Philipp 28, 38, Aubameyang 45, 49, 62, Weigl 79) Moenchengladbach 1 (Stindl 66).
Serie A: Roma 3 (Dzeko 12, El Shaarawy 30, 45) Udinese 1 (Stryger Larsen 90); SPAL 2 (Schiattarella 13, Viviani 77) Napoli 3 (Insigne 14, Callejón 71, Ghoulam 83); Juventus 4 (Dybala 16, 90+1, Pjanic 40, Alex Sandro 57) Torino 0.
