Champions Bayern Munich demolished hosts VfL Bochum 7-0 on Sunday, with new signing Sadio Mane scoring twice, to maintain their perfect start to the season.
The Bavarians are two points clear at the top with nine points from three league games in the Bundesliga.
They have now scored a league-record 15 goals in their three games even though top striker Robert Lewandowski left this season to join FC Barcelona.
On Sunday they went on a first-half rampage, scoring four times in 38 minutes to kill off the game.
The visitors took a fourth-minute lead through Leroy Sane with their first attack of the game.
New signing Matthijs de Ligt got onto the scoresheet with his first ever effort on goal for Bayern, heading in a corner at the far post in the 25th minute.
Kingsley Coman’s shot from close range after Bochum failed to clear just past the half-hour mark made it 3-0.
It all but put the game beyond doubt, before Mane completed the first-half frenzy with his second goal of the season – a low shot from a tight angle in the 42nd minute.
Bayern eased off the gas after the break, but the Senegal international added another with a penalty on the hour.
Cristian Gamboa, under pressure from Sane, scored an own goal, piling further misery on the hosts.
Substitute Serge Gnabry make it look so easy when he thundered in a low shot off the post to make it 7-0.
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