Nkunku hat-trick eases Demichelis pressure in 6-0 rout of Frankfurt

📰 Under-pressure Martín Demichelis saw RB Leipzig thrash Eintracht Frankfurt 6-0, with Christopher Nkunku scoring a first-half hat-trick. 📌 Key points ⚡ Ezechiel Banzuzi opened the scoring after 46 seconds. 🎩 Nkunku scored three before half-time, Leipzig's first Bundesliga hat-trick. 🔥 Leipzig led 4-0 at the break and won 6-0. 😮‍💨 Demichelis, amid talk of a Nagelsmann return, gets breathing space. 😡 Frankfurt's Jonathan Burkardt said the display was hard to accept. 📝 What happened ⚡ At home on matchday 5 on 10 October, Leipzig went ahead inside a minute through Banzuzi. Nkunku made it 2-0 on five minutes, the first time Leipzig have led by two that early in a home Bundesliga game. 🎩 Nkunku, on loan from AC Milan, struck again on 41 and 44 minutes to complete his hat-trick before half-time, the first by a Leipzig player in the Bundesliga. Antonio Nusa (54) and Tidiam Gomis (89) added more after the break. 😮‍💨 Leipzig had won only two of their first four league games, putting Demichelis under pressure amid speculation about a return for Julian Nagelsmann. dpa reported that parting ways was not being discussed internally. "That was a super performance. I'm very happy," Demichelis said. 😡 Frankfurt, back under Adi Hütter, sit 13th. Hütter called the defending unacceptable, Burkardt apologised to the travelling fans and goalkeeper Noah Atubolu called the performance not acceptable. 📊 By the numbers • Final score: 6-0 (4-0 at half-time) • First goal: 46 seconds • Nkunku's goals: 5, 41 and 44 minutes • Table: Leipzig 5th, Frankfurt 13th (5 points) 🔭 Why it matters A rout under pressure buys Demichelis some time, but the real tests come now. Leipzig host PSV in the Champions League on 13 October and visit Bayern on 17 October. Frankfurt host Köln on 16 October.