Kane hat-trick sends Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga
Bayern Munich maintained their perfect start to the season and jumped to the top of the Bundesliga table after hammering newly-promoted Holstein Kiel 6-1. Jamal Musiala scored the third fastest goal in Bundesliga history, giving Bayern the lead after just 15 seconds.
A mistake by Kiel captain Lewis Holtby opened the door for
his former Tottenham Hotspur teammate Harry Kane, who doubled Bayern's lead
seven minutes in.
"There was a difference in class today," Holtby
told Sky Germany afterwards. "It felt like they had an extra man out
there, compliment to Bayern on a great performance."
It went from bad to worse for the hosts, as Musiala took
advantage of another defensive error to deliver a cross that was eventually
turned into his own net by Nicolai Remberg.
Three years on from their famous victory against Bayern in
the second round of the German Cup, Kiel looked starstruck.
Kane scored his second just before the break, before
substitute Michael Olise smashed in a rebound shortly after the hour mark.
Armin Gigovic's header gave the home fans something to cheer
about, but Bayern had the last word as Kane dispatched an injury-time penalty
to seal his hat-trick and an emphatic Bayern victory.
"There are a lot of positives about our game at the
moment," Manuel Neuer said afterwards. "We have that winning
mentality back and we've started a run of form now."
Bayern are two points clear at the top of the Bundesliga,
but Vincent Kompany's side now turn their attention to their Champions League
campaign which starts with a home game against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.
Leverkusen bounce
back
Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen put their first defeat
in 35 Bundesliga games behind them on Saturday when they thumped Hoffenheim 4-1
with Victor Boniface bagging a brace.
The win will be a confidence-boost for Xavi Alonso's men
Leverkusen, who start their Champions League campaign next Tuesday in Rotterdam
against Feyenoord. Frenchman Martin Terrier scored his first Bundesliga goal to
give the visitors a deserved lead, before Boniface danced around defenders to
add a second while Mergim Berisha soon pulled one back.
"It comes from a Tiktok trend in Nigeria, who created
this dance and he asked me if I could do it after I score," said Boniface,
explaining his goal celebration. But eventually, Leverkusen found a way
through.
Florian Wirtz converted a penalty before Boniface added a
well-taken second. Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann, making his 464th
Bundesliga appearance to draw level with German football legend Lothar
Matthäus, made a string of saves to keep the home side in the game.
"A good team loses once, but not two, three or four
times in a row," Granit Xhaka said afterwards. - Leipzig held - Despite dominating, Leipzig
couldn't find a way past Union Berlin and had to settle for a point after a 0-0
draw.
With Marco Rose out suspended and Bo Svensson sick, both
teams were without their head coaches on the sideline. Xavi Simons hit the bar,
and Union goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow saved a Lois Openda penalty and a David
Raum free kick to frustrate the hosts, who couldn't maintain their perfect
start to the season.
Elsewhere, Frankfurt beat Wolfsburg 2-1 as Omar Marmoush
came back to haunt his former employer by scoring a goal in each half.
At the third time of asking, Stuttgart got their first win
of the season by beating Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-1 thanks to two goals in
four second-half minutes from Ermedin Demirovic. In-form Germany striker Deniz
Undav had given Stuttgart the lead in the first half, only for Alassane Plea to
equalize for the hosts.
A brace from Junior Adamu helped Freiburg to a 2-1 win over
Bochum, who had taken the lead with their first goal of the season.
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