Kane hat-trick sends Bayern Munich top of the Bundesliga

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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.

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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. After just 13 minutes Bayern Munich were 3-0 up. 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.
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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