Bayern Munich beat RB Leipzig 6-1, with Luis Diaz scoring a hat-trick. The win halted an emerging results crisis after two consecutive draws.
Diaz's role in the goals
Diaz made it 1-0, set up Aleksandar Pavlovic's goal for 2-0, scored the goals that made it 4-0 and 6-0, and initiated the move for the fifth.
It was not Diaz's first hat-trick for Bayern: he had scored three in a 5-1 win over TSG Hoffenheim in February. He had also scored in the 3-3 Champions League draw away to Viking Stavanger on Tuesday.
The numbers behind the hat-trick
His three goals came from an xG of 0.61. In his first four Bundesliga games, he had managed one goal from an xG of 3.1.
In the match against Augsburg, officials had ruled out three of his goals for offside.
Eberl on the break
Sporting director Max Eberl said: "The break did Lucho good; the two weeks' rest helped"
Eberl also said: "Lucho played an enormous amount last season, and then there was the World Cup as well. Expectations were huge afterwards, but not everything had fallen into place yet. The rest helped; he is fresher, he is ready"
GOAL reported that Bayern and the Colombian federation had granted Diaz two weeks' special leave after the last home Bundesliga match before the international break.
Other details reported by GOAL
GOAL reported that Vincent Kompany was injured and Eberl stood in for him at the press conference.
GOAL reported that Kompany had previously sent Diaz on holiday for a few days while he was suspended following a red card in the Champions League.
GOAL reported that Alphonso Davies was allowed to take the honeymoon he had missed during the most recent international break. Eberl called RB Leipzig "still an absolute top German side"