Bundesliga 2013/14 - opening weekend

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is just the sixth player in Bundesliga history to score a hat trick on his debut, hitting the first three as Dortmund beat Augsburg 4-0. The Gabon international opened his account heading home a cross from Marcel Schmelzer, followed by a big bear hug. Aubameyang's next two were neatly dispatched with his right foot - the 24-year-old couldn't have hoped for a better start.

Pep Guardiola's first game in charge of Bayern ended in victory, as he fielded a "surprise" starting 11 - surprising in its predictability, with no major changes from last season - against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Arjen Robben got Bayern off the mark, helping to create the second goal a few minutes later. Despite losing 3-1 in Munich, Gladbach also made a good case for themselves on opening day.

Hertha Berlin aren't just back in the Bundesliga - they're top of the league. Coach Jos Luhukay's lads smashed six goals past Eintracht Frankfurt at the Olympic Stadium - conceding just the one. The win puts Hertha top of the table, barring a demolition job in Sunday's games. Adrian Ramos and Sami Allagui scored two each, while Frankfurt's defenders sometimes seemed not to have made the trip east.

Defending appeared a dying art in the last match of the weekend. Schalke and Hamburg drew 3-3, even defender Lasse Sobiech (left in picture) got on the scoreboard for Hamburg. Schalke's center back Joel Matip spurned an excellent late chance to win the game as well. A string of chances in the game came from set pieces, as both European hopefuls looked decidedly rusty at the back.

Wolfsburg's promising youngster Maximilan Arnold had a day to forget in Hanover. He was sent off for an overzealous tackle in the first half, and was perhaps unfortunate that play was not stopped for a separate foul on him before the incident. Teammate Ja-Cheol Koo later joined him in an early bath. Szabolcs Huszti and Leon Andreasen punished the short-staffed Wolves, 2-0 Hanover.

Attacker Nicolai Müller, running to celebrate his second with the home fans, bagged a brace against Stuttgart as Mainz won 3-2. At the other end, Mainz goalie Heinz Müller - no relation - produced several stellar saves to deny Stuttgart's players. Shinji Okazaki also scored on his Bundesliga debut for Mainz, against the Stuttgart side that deemed him surplus to requirements this summer.

A display at Braunschweig's stadium said how "something was missing for 28 years" from the Bundesliga - that something was Eintracht Braunschweig. The promoted side fought valiantly against an unimpressive Werder Bremen, looking the better side late in the game. But on 82 minutes, Bremen's Zlatko Junuzovic scored a breakaway goal, sealing a nervy 1-0 away win for coach Robin Dutt.

Bayer Leverkusen face a season without German international Andre Schürrle, but a mix of old and new saw them past Freiburg on opening day. Last season's top scorer Stefan Kiessling opened the scoring, then Sidney Sam (right in picture) set up Schürrle replacement Heung-Min Son for another. Sam later got on the score sheet himself. Freiburg fought valiantly despite the defeat.

Hoffenheim might have taken three points at home against Nuremberg. They squandered a two-goal lead in what seemed like seconds, allowing their visitors to pull level after the break. Last year's relegation escapologists could also feel a little hard done by. Forward Kevin Volland hit a shot that bounced off the crossbar, over the goal line, and then back out - but no goal was given.