Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick to help champions Bayern Munich cruise to a 3-0 victory at Schalke 04 on Saturday for their first win in the Bundesliga this season.

Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund managed only a 1-1 draw at bottom club Nuremberg on Monday to see their gap at the top cut to three points after their third straight draw in the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich stamp their authority on the Bundesliga by opening a four-point lead at the top of the table as Robert Lewandowski netted an audacious goal in their commanding 3-1 win at Borussia Dortmund.

Bayern Munich again surrender a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at Hertha Berlin in their first match since Carlo Ancelotti's shock sacking, slipping to five points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in a minute as Borussia Dortmund went back atop of the Bundesliga after a 5-0 defeat of Cologne.

Bayern Munich complete the signing of Serge Gnabry from Werder Bremen for an unconfirmed fee believed to be in the region of €8 million.

Borussia Dortmund signs Maximilian Philipp from Bundesliga rivals Freiburg for a fee German media reports have put at around 20 million euros ($22.5m, £17.4m).

Dutchman Peter Bosz is named as the new coach of Borussia Dortmund, the German giants announce.

Borussia Dortmund's head coach Thomas Tuchel leaves the club, the Bundesliga side confirmed, denying that the departure was sparked by a public spat with the club's chief executive.

Portuguese defender Vieirinha blasts in a 49th-minute winner as VfL Wolfsburg avoid relegation from the top tier of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 (2-0 aggregate) win over Eintracht Braunschweig.

Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra reveals that he thought he would not be able to play again.

Bundesliga top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang snatches a last-gasp winner to give Borussia Dortmund a nail-biting 4-3 victory over Werder Bremen and secure their automatic Champions League group stage spot.

Borussia Dortmund edge past Hoffenheim 2-1 to move into third place in the Bundesliga with two matches left and take a big step towards securing a spot in next season's Champions League group stage.

Eintracht Frankfurt won 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out at Borussia Moenchengladbach after a 1-1 draw on Tuesday to reach the German Cup final for the first time in 11 years and set up a showdown with either holders Bayern Munich or Borussia Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund bounced back from the trauma of the bomb attack on their team bus and their Champions League defeat in midweek to earn an emotion-filled 3-1 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Yussuf Poulsen's late goal sealed ten-man RB Leipzig's 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday to trim Bayern Munich's runaway lead to seven points with seven Bundesliga games left.

Robert Lewandowski overtook Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the race to be the Bundesliga's top-scorer this season after netting twice in Bayern Munich's 4-1 thrashing of Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.

Runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich had their 20-match unbeaten run in all competitions ended at Hoffenheim on Tuesday as striker Andrej Kramaric's winner sealed the hosts' 1-0 victory.

Runaway leaders Bayern Munich suffered only their second Bundesliga defeat of the season when they were beaten 1-0 at surprise package Hoffenheim on Tuesday.

Ex-Germany captain Philipp Lahm has confirmed he is taking legal advice over a spoof April Fool's story gone wrong.