Munich's Ivica Olic, right, celebrates his second goal with Munich's Mario Gomez, left, and Thomas Mueller during the German first division Bundesliga game between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich on Saturday. Munich's Ivica Olic, right, celebrates his second goal with Munich's Mario Gomez, left, and Thomas Mueller during the German first division Bundesliga game between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich on Saturday. (Martin Meissner/Associated Press)

Ivica Olic scored twice and set up another goal Saturday as Bayern Munich thrashed VfL Bochum 5-1 in the Bundesliga.

Bayern striker Mario Gomez scored his fifth goal in six games as his team improved to 30 points, two back of leader Bayer Leverkusen, which drew 2-2 with Hertha Berlin on Friday.

"It's fun again. We're winning games and I can help the team with my goals," said Gomez, who as recently as last month was widely considered a poor off-season acquisition.

"We have had a couple of good weeks and have a good rhythm right now. We have a lot of good players who are new and are just getting used to one another. We haven't reached all of our goals but we are on a good way."

Bayern led 3-0 at halftime after goals by Olic, Gomez and an own-goal by Bochum's Mergim Mavraj. Olic struck early in the second half and Danijel Pranjic made it 5-0 before Christian Fuchs pulled one back for Bochum.

It was Bayern's fifth straight win in the Bundesliga and the Champions League.

Bayern captain Mark van Bommel said one of the keys for his team's resurgence was Olic, who missed five games with an injury and has three goals and two assists in his last three Bundesliga matches.

"It's important that he's here," van Bommel said of the Croatian striker. "He really pushes a lot of his teammates and that has really helped us."

Hamburg won 4-0 at Nuremberg to snap a seven-game winless streak.

Eljero Elia scored twice, while Marcell Jansen and Tunay Turon each added goals for Hamburg, which has 28 points and is in fourth place.

American midfielder Michael Bradley scored as Borussia Moenchengladbach beat 10-man Hannover 5-3 with the help of three own-goals by Hannover.

"We scored six goals today and we lost. That is incredible," Hannover coach Andreas Bergmann said.

Hannover goalkeeper Florian Fromlowitz added: "After today, nothing can shock me."

Hoffenheim drew 1-1 at home against Eintracht Frankfurt, while Freiburg and Cologne drew 0-0.