Bundesliga Wrap: Bayern hit Hamburg for eight

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Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze and Arjen Robben all scored twice as Bayern Munich demolished Hamburg 8-0 in the Bundesliga.

Hamburg came into the game having won back-to-back matches for the first time in the campaign, but their problems began when Muller converted a 23rd-minute penalty.

Gotze doubled Bayern's advantage and a brilliant long-range strike from Robben made it 3-0 at half-time.

The Netherlands winger was on target again in the 47th minute and Robert Lewandowski got in on the act a minute after Muller sumptuously curled home the fifth.

Franck Ribery came off the bench to move the scoreline on to 7-0 and Hamburg's humiliation was complete when Gotze concluded the rout two minutes from time.

Pep Guardiola's team remain eight points ahead of Wolfsburg, who completed an astonishing 5-4 win at Bayer Leverkusen thanks to striker Bas Dost netting his fourth goal of the contest deep into stoppage time.

Dost, who helped himself to a double when Dieter Hecking's men stunned Bayern 4-1 last month, scored either side of Naldo's 17th-minute contribution to surge Wolfsburg into a 3-0 lead inside half an hour at the BayArena.

In the 72nd minute - four minutes after Son's third - Karim Bellarabi hauled Leverkusen level before the game took another twist.

Borussia Monchengladbach capitalised on slip-ups by rival UEFA Champions League qualification candidates Schalke and Augsburg to move into third courtesy of some more late drama.

Schalke were on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline at Eintracht Frankfurt, Lucas Piazon settling matter for the hosts after 64 minutes.

Viktor Skripnik's team lie behind Hoffenheim on goal difference after the seventh-placed side secured a 2-1 home win over basement boys Stuttgart.