Breel Embolo scored twice as FC Schalke 04 thrashed Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 on Matchday 6. - © © imago
Breel Embolo scored twice as FC Schalke 04 thrashed Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-0 on Matchday 6. - © © imago

Hinrunde highlights: Matchday 6 - Breel-iant Schalke break duck in style

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From RB Leipzig's unexpected title tilt to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's pace-setting pursuit of the Torjägerkanone, the first half of the 2016/17 Bundesliga campaign has produced thrills and spills by the bucketload.

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Not a single round of fixtures went by without something worthy of the highlight reel, which made our mid-season task of selecting the standout encounter from Matchdays 1 through 16 all the more difficult - but we got there in the end!

FC Schalke 04 drew a line under their five-match losing start to the 2016/17 Bundesliga campaign courtesy of an emphatic 4-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach on Matchday 6. The Royal Blues unloaded with three goals in the space of just six second-half minutes, before summer signing and man of the match Breel Embolo completed the rout with his second goal of the afternoon.

Watch: Highlights of Schalke's first Bundesliga win of the Markus Weinzierl era: