Diaz bags hat-trick as Bayern crush 10-man Hoffenheim

Luis Diaz hit a hat-trick as Bayern Munich thrashed 10-man Hoffenheim 5-1 on Sunday to restore their six-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.

Borussia Dortmund's shaky win at Wolfsburg on Saturday drew the chasers to within three points but Diaz, unplayable at times, was the difference maker as Bayern delivered an emphatic response.

Harry Kane converted two Bayern penalties, both won by Diaz, to move up to 24 league goals for the season and 38 in all competitions.

"There was a lot of noise around the team after two winless games. It was important to stay calm," Kane said to DAZN.

"We're heading towards the end of the season, a stage where every three points matters. We saw the gap can be cut quickly -- the real season starts now."

Relegation battlers last campaign, third-placed Hoffenheim came to Munich as the Bundesliga's form team, with 11 wins and just one loss in their past 14 games.

The visitors' hopes took an early hit when Kevin Akpoguma was harshly adjudged to have fouled Diaz in the box and saw red.

Kane converted the resulting spot-kick but Manuel Neuer let Hoffenheim back into the match just minutes later, playing the ball directly to Fisnik Asllani, who squared for Andrej Kramaric to tap home.

Bayern had dropped five points in their past two league games and looked sluggish, other than the energetic Diaz, who earned another penalty after 44 minutes.

Kane stuck it away once more and immediately repaid the Colombian for his generosity, threading a pass on the counter for the former Liverpool man to guide home in first-half stoppage time.

Diaz tapped in a Michael Olise pass midway through the second half to pad Bayern's lead before completing his hat-trick with a shot from outside the box in the final minute.

Diaz's first Bayern hat-trick took his goal tally to 13 in his first Bundesliga season, to go along with nine assists.

Bayern have scored 79 goals in 21 Bundesliga games this campaign.