Bayer Leverkusen will spend the winter break at the top of the Bundesliga after a 3-2 victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, while Bayern Munich kept pace with another attacking display. Eren Derdiyok found the net and Toni Kroos scored his second goal of the game as Leverkusen fought back from 2-1 down at home to capture the symbolic title of 'autumn champion' with 35 points from 17 matches. 'It was important for us that we turned around the game. We started well and gave up the lead. I don't know why. But the reaction by the team after falling behind was good,' said Kroos. Leverkusen coach Jupp Heynckes was happy that his team had the character to fight back and earn the win. 'These kinds of games show what kind of character this team has. It showed that we can work hard when trailing and win a game. It was enormously important that we wanted to win and stay top of the league,' Heynckes said. Bayern Munich collected its sixth straight victory and fourth in the Bundesliga with a 5-2 thrashing at home of last place Hertha Berlin to move on to 33 points in third place. Daniel van Buyten, Mario Gomez and Arjen Robben scored to give Bayern a 3-0 lead after just 33 minutes before Thomas Mueller made it 4-0 on the hour mark. Adrian Ramos and Raffael scored for Hertha, either side of a goal by Ivica Olic. 'Coming into the season we had a lot of new players and a new coach and a new system. But we are finding our rhythm and it's fun right now,' said Bayern playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger, who has helped Bayern score 19 goals in its last five games. Fourth-place Borussia Dortmund celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the club with a 1-0 victory at home over Freiburg. Lucas Barrios scored the winner after 19 minutes, his ninth goal in the last 10 games. Champions Wolfsburg continued to struggle, drawing 2-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt to leave Armin Veh's team in eighth place with 24 points. Jan Schlaudraff ended a 13-month scoring drought by scoring twice to give Hannover a 2-0 lead over Bochum, only for his side to end up losing 3-2. Stuttgart snapped a nine-game winless streak in the Bundesliga with a comfortable 3-1 victory over 10-man Hoffenheim. Stuttgart scored three goals, two after Hoffenheim's Luiz Gustavo was dismissed for a second yellow card offense in the 52nd minute. It was new Stuttgart coach Christian Gross's first Bundesliga victory. After Sunday's games, the Bundesliga will have a break until Jan. 15. 