Roy Makaay netted a hat-trick as Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen 5-2.
Roy Makaay netted a hat-trick as Bayern Munich flexed their muscles in a 5-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen.The reigning Bundesliga champions wasted little time getting their noses in front with Michael Ballack opening the scoring just three minutes into the contest.
Dutch ace Makaay doubled their lead but Dimitar Berbatov reduced the arrears after 32 minutes from the penalty spot.
Munich were not to be denied and Ali Karimi restored their three-goal advantage to give the Bavarian giants a comfortable half-time lead.
Makaay completed his hat-trick with two goals in the space of just four minutes, although the home side had the final say when Marko Babic netted a consolation.
Schalke maintained their 100 percent start to the campaign with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund.
Eby Smolarek put the home side in front, but a brace of goals from Kevin Kuranyi gave Schalke the points.
Hertha Berlin are unbeaten two games into the campaign following a 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
After a goalless first half, Oliver Schroder and an own goal from Arie van Lent gave Hertha the points.
Kevin Hofland's injury time own goal gave Borussia Monchengladbach a last gasp draw to Wolfsburg.
Mike Hanke gave the visitors the lead after 41 minutes, but they were reduced to ten men when Diego Klimowicz was sent off for collecting two yellow cards.
The ten men were set to hang to claim all three points before Dutch defender Hofland earned Monchengladbach a share of the spoils. .
Marek Mintal secured Nurnberg their first point of the season following his late equaliser against Hannover.
Thomas Brdaric opened the scoring after seven minutes and looked like being the winner until Mintal's late intervention.
Ambitious Hamburg maintained their 100 percent start to the season following a late 2-0 win over Arminia Bielefeld.
Sergei Barbarez broke the deadlock from the penalty spot with just 11 minutes remaining with Rafael van der Vaart making sure of the win in injury time.
In the thriller of the day Halil Altintop bagged a hat-trick as Kaiserslautern overcame newly-promoted outfit Duisburg.
Altintop opened the scoring after just two minutes with Uwe Mohrle levelling matters shortly after.
Herve Nzelo-Lembi restored the Red Devils' lead with Altintop netting his second just before the hour mark.
Mohrle's second and a third from Abdelaziz Ahanfouf squared the contest before the home side struck back.
Boubacar Sanogo restored Kaiserslautern's lead with Altintop's third clinching the points in the closing stages.
Click below for match summaries:
Arminia Bielefeld 0-2 Hamburg
Bayer Leverkusen 2-5 Bayern Munich
Bor Dortmund 1-2 Schalke
Bor Monchengladbach 1-1 Wolfsburg
Kaiserslautern 5-3 Duisburg
Hertha Berlin 2-0 Eint Frankfurt
Nurnberg 1-1 Hannover
