Timo Werner scored a first-half hat-trick as German Cup holders RB Leipzig annihilated fourth-division side Teutonia Ottensen 8-0 in the first round on Tuesday.

The young forward, who is his club’s all-time top goalscorer, scored twice in the space of 60 seconds to put Leipzig two goals ahead after 20 minutes.

The German then completed his hat-trick in the 43rd minute when he hammered in a pass from Swedish midfielder Emil Forsberg.

“It was fun. Those are some of the most unpleasant games, because you have to win and still don’t get any compliments for it,” Werner told ZDF.

Leipzig manager Domenico Tedesco said Werner, who returned from Chelsea earlier this month, was “on a very good path to achieving very, very good form”.