Bayern Munich stretched their lead in the Bundesliga to 18 points with a 6-1 thrashing of Werder Bremen Saturday.
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First-half goals from Arjen Robben and Javi Martinez with a header from a Robben free-kick put Bayern on the way to their sixth successive league win since the winter break.
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Bremen were in further trouble after a 44th-minute red card to Sebastian Proedl for bringing down Mario Gomez on the edge of the area.
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Theodor Gebre Selassie then turned the ball into his own net in the 49th minute, and Gomez netted two minutes later before a Bremen consolation from Kevin de Bruyne in the 58th - the first goal conceded by Bayern in the league this year.
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Bayern completed the rout when Franck Ribery volleyed in from 10 metres with four minutes remaining, and Gomez hit his second from a Robben pass with a minute left.
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Bayern now have 60 points, with champions Borussia Dortmund, who play at Borussia Moenchengladbach Sunday, on 42.
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Third-placed Bayer Leverkusen, on 41 points, are also in action Sunday, at bottom side Greuther Fuerth.
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Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes, celebrating his 1 000 league game as player and coach, made six changes from the side which beat Arsenal 3-1 in London in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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Robben and Gomez were among the players to come in as the coach rested Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Mario Mandzukic, Thomas Mueller, David Alaba and Daniel van Buyten ahead of a cup match with Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday.
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"In the first 20 minutes it was not too easy," Heynckes said.
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"With a new team after six changes we saw we needed a bit of rhythm and a bit of time. However the players who have not had too much match practice played with a lot of assurance.
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"We got the goals to go two up and the red card also played into our hands. The only thing a bit annoying was the goal conceded."
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Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said: "The coach chose to rotate his squad, but as we all saw, the players who came in were focused and motivated, and there was fundamentally no difference to the performance against Arsenal.