Mainz 0-5 RB Leipzig: Timo Werner nets hat-trick in masterclass to become club's all-time leading scorer as Julian Nagelsmann's side keep title hopes alive and rise to third after rout

This was the type of masterclass that put Timo Werner top of the transfer targets list for Liverpool and the rest of Europe's elite clubs. In this kind of form, there is no stopping him.

Two clinical finishes and an audacious lob to top it off. There was the ruthlessness that RB Leipzig had missed.

By Werner's lofty standards, one goal in his last eight league games was the type of drought he had become unfamiliar with.

Timo Werner brought an end to a mini-drought with a 90-minute masterclass against Mainz

The German striker scored a hat-trick to become RB Leipzig's all-time leading goalscorer

Mainz had no answer to Werner on the day as he stole the show at the empty Opel Arena

Celebrating with team-mate Kevin Kampl, Werner joked about their physical contact

For much of 2019-20 the German has been matching Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski stride for stride, goal for goal, and seven blanks in eight was enough to sound the alarm.