BERLIN: Thomas Mueller celebrated his 200th Bundesliga match by netting twice as Bayern Munich eased past Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 to go top of the Bundesliga on Saturday, their third win in three matches this season.

A dazzling run by Douglas Costa, after a perfect 40-metre pass from Xabi Alonso, saw the Brazilian power past Roberto Hilbert before he cut the ball into the box for Mueller to score in the 26th minute.

The hosts doubled their lead on the hour when the Germany forward grabbed his 76th league goal with a penalty.

Dutchman Arjen Robben then made it 3-0 from the spot in the 71st as Bayern provisionally moved two points ahead of VfL Wolfsburg and Cologne.

Earlier, Yoshinori Muto scored his first pair of Bundesliga goals and set up one to lead Mainz 05 past Hannover 3-0.

Cologne rallied to beat 10-man Hamburg SV 2-1, while promoted Ingolstadt and Darmstadt both picked up points in the Bundesliga.

Ingolstadt won 1-0 at Augsburg, who was last season’s surprise team and qualified for the Europa League, while Darmstadt earned their third draw in as many games, holding Hoffenheim 0-0.

Bottom club VfB Stuttgart lost their third straight game, slumping to a 4-1 defeat at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Published in Dawn, August 31st, 2015

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