Bayern Munich bounced back from Wednesday's Champions League drubbing in Barcelona, thumping rock-bottom Bochum 5-0 away to return to the Bundesliga summit Sunday.
RB Leipzig's 3-1 comeback win over Freiburg Saturday sent them three clear atop the table overnight, but Bayern reclaimed the lead on goal difference as five different players got on the scoresheet.
"It's fun to score goals," Jamal Musiala told DAZN.
"We can be happy and take the rhythm and flow with us in the next few games."
Bayern may have looked impressive going forward under new coach Vincent Kompany but stumbled into Sunday's game having won just one of their last six in all competitions.
"It was hard to take and it hurt," Musiala said of the 4-1 loss to Barca.
"We have to look ahead. It's still early in the season."
Just days after former Munich coach Hansi Flick picked apart the high Bavarian line in Barcelona, Bayern were almost caught out again early.
Moritz Broschinski sped past Minjae Kim and beat Manuel Neuer to the ball, but his shot was too soft, allowing the Korean to clear the ball off the line.
Michael Olise gave Bayern the lead in simple fashion, curling a free kick over the Bochum wall and beyond the reach of goalie Patrick Drewes, who was well out of position.
Bayern doubled up 10 minutes later again from a set piece, with Musiala getting his head to a Joshua Kimmich free kick.
Bayern then cut loose in the second half, with Harry Kane, Leroy Sane and Kingsley Coman all scoring in a 14-minute period.
The England captain took advantage of some superb lead-up work from Musiala to hammer the ball into the top left of the net, his ninth goal in eight league games.
Sane pounced after 65 minutes when Bayern pressured Bochum into an error playing out from the back and Coman smashed a superb effort in off the crossbar to round out the big win.
"Bayern simply showed their quality," said Bochum's Maximilian Wittek.
While Bayern are top on goal difference, Bochum finish the weekend dead last, with just one point from eight games.
Elsewhere, Union Berlin held Eintracht Frankfurt to a 1-1 draw in the German capital to climb to fourth, with Benedict Hollerbach's strike cancelling out Mario Goetze's opener.
Goetze profited as Union failed to clear a pinball in the box 14 minutes in, the former Germany midfielder tapping in from a meter out in his 300th Bundesliga game.
The hosts burst out of the blocks after half-time, with captain and stalwart Christopher Trimmel hitting the inside of the post early.
Union equalized after 66 minutes, slicing through on the counter from a Frankfurt free kick and allowing Hollerbach to unleash a deft chip over Kevin Trapp.
Frankfurt's hopes were dashed with 13 minutes left as Arthur Theate collected a second yellow for raising his boot in a collision with Skarke.
Having shaken off the challenge, Skarke looked to have won the match for Union in stoppage time but his strike was ruled out by Video Assistant Referee for a narrow offside.
Goalscorer Hollerbach slammed the late VAR decision, which cost his side third spot on the table, as "scandalous".
"It's a centimeter, something you cannot see at all. It's a real shame and against the spirit of football."
In Sunday's late game, Heidenheim played out a scoreless draw at home with Hoffenheim.
RESULTS
Heidenheim 0 Hoffenheim 0
Union Berlin 1 (Hollerbach 66) Frankfurt 1 (Goetze 14)
Bochum 0 Bayern 5 (Olise 16, Musiala 26, Kane 57, Sane 65, Coman 71)
Saturday
Bremen 2 (Ducksch 74, Schmid 90) Leverkusen 2 (Boniface 30, Agu 77-og)
Stuttgart 2 (Undav 19, Toure 61) Holstein Kiel 1 (Gigovic 84)
Leipzig 3 (Orban 47, Geertruida 58, Openda 78) Freiburg 1 (Doan 15)
Augsburg 2 (Maurice 25, 51) Dortmund 1 (Malen 4)
St Pauli 0 Wolfsburg 0
Friday
Mainz 1 (Lainer 55-og) Gladbach 1 (Kleindienst 57)
Bayern's Harry Kane scores during Sunday’s Bundesliga match away to Bochum Photo: AFP
