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Thomas Tuchel delighted as Borussia Dortmund top Bundesliga

Borussia Dortmund moved top of the Bundesliga after maintaining their 100 percent start to the season, and new coach Thomas Tuchel told Sky: "I'd be happy if it could stay that way."

Dortmund, who have won all six of their competitive matches under Tuchel, have won both their Bundesliga games 4-0.

Sunday's victory over Ingolstadt was enough to put them on top of the table for the first time since September 2013, when they beat Freiburg 5-0 on match day 7 to move clear of Bayern on goal difference.

It is also the first time that Bayern have not led the Bundesliga since match day 4 of last season, when Paderborn topped the league before suffering a heavy defeat at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern, the defending champions and heavy favourites, are also on six points after a last-gasp 2-1 victory but Tuchel hopes BVB can remain ahead of their rivals.

"That looks pretty good," the former Mainz boss said. "I'd be happy if it could stay that way."

Despite a goalless first half, Dortmund remained patient and secured all three points with goals from Matthias Ginter, Marco Reus, Shinji Kagawa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

"We were on the spot, very dominant, and played a top match," Tuchel said. "We could have already taken a clear lead in the first half -- we had several chances. We stayed calm after the break and played our game."

Left-back Marcel Schmelzer, who has returned to form following several injuries in the past 18 months, echoed Tuchel's sentiment.

"I think this is very important [to top the table]," he said. "We don't want to give away any points therefore it was really important that we played such focused football today. We have done really well."

Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund have posted a €5.5 million profit after taxes, as well as a €15.3m increase in turnover to €276m for the last Bundesliga season.

Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke announced a change of strategy and said that in the future the club will invest more money into the team in order to secure their status in Europe.

BVB, who had to battle to qualify for the Europa League after struggling in the Bundesliga last season, want to remain among the top 10 European clubs.

"It will not be easy to keep that position with our comparably modest opportunities," Watzke said in kicker.

"What's it worth to drown in money? We believe that's the wrong path to go down because we're not playing in the Champions League this season. Normally, this would have been the way to go."