Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane scored a hat-trick as they won 6-1 at promoted Holstein Kiel on Saturday to lead the Bundesliga after three matches with a maximum nine points.
It was a fourth straight win in all competitions this season under their new coach Vincent Kompany and with Bayern eager to reclaim top spot after losing the title to Bayer Leverkusen last term.
Bayern are first on nine points, two clear of second-placed Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig in third.
The Bavarians, who welcome Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Tuesday, enjoyed an explosive opening to the match, netting three times in the first 13 minutes as Kiel made a disastrous start peppered with defensive errors.
Jamal Musiala slotted home after the hosts repeatedly failed to clear the ball in the first minute and England forward Kane doubled their lead six minutes later following a mistake by Lewis Holtby, whose pass was intercepted by Serge Gnabry.
Bayern kept up the pressure and were quickly rewarded with another defensive mistake from the nervous hosts that sent Musiala through. After dribbling past two defenders in the box, his cutback was turned in by Nicolai Remberg for an own goal.
Kane bagged his second just before the break with a shot in off the post and substitute Michael Olise slotted home on the rebound in the 65th for his first league goal before Kiel’s Armin Gigovic scored a late consolation.
But Kane, last season’s Bundesliga top scorer, made sure of his first hat-trick of the season with a powerful penalty in stoppage time.
Victor Boniface scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 4-1 to bounce back from a rare Bundesliga loss. Boniface also set up Martin Terrier’s opening goal and Florian Wirtz scored a penalty.
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Leverkusen had lost 3-2 loss to Leipzig in their last game, the first time Xabi Alonso’s title-winning team had lost in the Bundesliga for 15 months.
RB Leipzig dropped points for the first time this season in a 0-0 draw with Union Berlin after Union goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow saved a penalty.
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