After scoring twice in the thrilling 5-3 victory over Augsburg on Saturday for the Bundesliga leaders, Julian Nagelsmann is eager to keep Benjamin Pavard at Bayern Munich.

Mergim Berisha scored the opening goal for Augsburg early on, but Bayern quickly jumped out to a 4-1 lead by halftime thanks to goals from Joao Cancelo and Leroy Sane on either side of Pavard's hat trick.

Alphonso Davies' goal allowed Bayern to win for the fourth time in a row with relative ease, despite Berisha completing his own hat trick after the break and Irvin Cardona also scoring late.

The France international's contract is set to expire next year, and Pavard has been linked to Barcelona, Inter, and Manchester United. In November, Pavard discussed the possibility of leaving Bayern for a new endeavour.

Having seen the 26-year-old mark his 150th competitive Bayern outing with his first double for the club, Nagelsmann said: "Of course I want to keep Benjamin at Bayern.

"Playing in that position that he loves as a centre-back… he played very well today. So yes, I'd love to keep him."

3️⃣ points4️⃣ different goalscorers5️⃣ goals #MiaSanMia #FCBFCA pic.twitter.com/uc9RdB22OJ— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) March 11, 2023

Despite seeing Augsburg put to the sword in a typically ruthless Bayern performance, Nagelsmann was not impressed with some aspects of the hosts' display.

"I'm happy with the result. It's job done today, that was important," Nagelsmann said.

"It was very similar to the game in the DFB-Pokal against Augsburg [a 5-2 win in October], it was a bit chaotic right from the start. We conceded the goal right away.

"Then we played really well for 30 minutes, everything was done well on our offensive side. In the second half, we did not have as much control or pressure any more.

"The game was a little bit too open in my opinion, we could have scored a couple more goals, but the result is above everything.

"Not everything was perfect on the offensive or defensive side, but all in all, it's all about the three points."

2.4 - FC Augsburg had an Expected Goals value of 2.4 – it was the highest Expected Goals value for an away team against FC Bayern in a competitive match since Julian Nagelsmann took charge of the Munich side. Brave. #FCBFCA pic.twitter.com/d168lYObyz— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) March 11, 2023