David Alaba scored a superb free kick as Benjamin Pavard, and Ivan Perisic opened their Bayern Munich accounts in a 6-1 Bundesliga win over Mainz.
Mainz was thrashed 6-0 in the corresponding fixture last season, and although Jean-Paul Boetius’ sixth-minute header put them ahead at Allianz Arena, they were again defeated.
Bayern was in a ruthless mood, and after Perisic made up for a poor miss by teeing up Pavard’s equalizer, Alaba’s pinpoint strike put Niko Kovac’s side in control.
Perisic marked his full debut with a powerful header shortly after the restart, with Kingsley Coman then scoring from a corner.
The In-form Robert Lewandowski joined the party with 12 minutes remaining, and substitute Alphonso Davies then putting an icing on the cake to cap off the rout.
Elsewhere, Dortmund fell to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of newly promoted Union Berlin.
Paco Alcacer struck through a beautiful cross from Jadon Sancho, but the hosts turned the game around to claim a surprise win over Dortmund.
Here are other results from the weekend Bundesliga fixtures:
Bayer Leverkusen 0 – 0 Hoffenheim
Schalke 04 3 – 0 Hertha BSC
Freiburg 1 – 2 FC Köln
Wolfsburg 1 – 1 SC Paderborn 07
FC Union Berlin 3 – 1 Borussia Dortmund
W. Bremen 3 – 2 FC. Augsburg
Frankfurt 2 – 1 Dusseldorf
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