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BERLIN, Sept. 20-- Borussia Dortmund jump atop the standings after beating Hamburg 3-0 while Hoffenheim bounced back from two goals down to edge Mainz 3-2 at the 5th round in Bundesliga on Wednesday. The "BVB" oust Bayern Munich from the top spot as Shinji Kagawa, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Christian Pulisic provided the goals to ease 3-0 past Hamburg on the road. From the kick-off Dortmund took the reins and ensured the first chance of the game when Aubameyang headed Andrey Yarmolenko's to the outside of the post with 16 minutes played. The visitor's powerful performance paid off eight minutes later when Shinji Kagawa tapped home the opener following a flicked on free-kick from Yarmolenko. Hamburg recovered from the early setback yet they were barley bale to threat Dortmund's defence in the first half. Peter Bosz' men piled on the pressure after the restart and doubled the lead midway through the second half as Yarmolenko's pinpoint cross past the goal found Aubameyang, who tapped home the 2-0 lead in the 63rd minute. Dortmund kept it bowling and put the result beyond doubt as Christian Pulisic made it 3-0 on the scoreboards after capitalizing on a through ball from Mahmoud Dahoud to slot past Hamburg goalkeeper Christian Mathenia into the far post corner in the 79th minute. With the result, Dortmund climb to the first place in the standings meanwhile Hamburg suffered their third loss in a row to slump to 11th position. | 
