Striker Harry Kane scored twice as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich eased previous guests Union Berlin 3-0 on Saturday to provisionally open up a three-point hole on the prime.
The Bavarians gained their third straight league sport with out conceding a purpose in a near-flawless gown rehearsal forward of Wednesday’s Champions League sport in Munich towards Benfica.
Whereas Vincent Kompany’s workforce are undefeated within the league, they’ve misplaced two of their three Champions League matches to this point and are determined for a win over Benfica to spice up their probabilities of advancing to the following spherical of the competitors.
Bayern opened their account with a Fifteenth-minute penalty by England captain Kane earlier than Kingsley Coman curled a shot previous keeper Frederik Ronnow to make it 2-0 two minutes earlier than the break.
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Union had no effort on purpose in your complete first half and had been always on the again foot, combating Bayern’s tempo and depth, with the hosts having near 80% possession at occasions.
Union, who dropped to sixth on 15 factors, may do nothing to cease Kane from stabbing in his second purpose of the afternoon from shut vary six minutes after the restart.
Kane, who additionally scored a hat trick towards VfB Stuttgart two weeks in the past within the Bundesliga, got here shut to a different one late within the sport with a low drive.
He now has 11 league targets this season to prime the scorers’ checklist.
“It is unbelievable. Each sport we dominate, not solely with the ball but in addition with out the ball with our urgent,” Kane advised reporters.
“We managed to maintain one other clear sheet at this time which is nice. Everyone seems to be hungry. There’s nonetheless an extended technique to go, but when we preserve going like this we’ll be okay.
“It was a extremely good efficiency from us. It wasn’t straightforward but it surely was a house sport and folks anticipate us to win right here.”
Wanting to reclaim home dominance after final season’s double by Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern have now scored 32 targets and conceded seven in 9 league video games.
They’re prime on 23 factors, three forward of second-placed RB Leipzig, who tackle Borussia Dortmund in a while Saturday.
Eintracht Frankfurt moved as much as third place on 17 following their 7-2 demolition of VfL Bochum.
