Harry Kane set a Bundesliga scoring file and Luis Díaz netted twice as Bayern Munich cruised previous Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 to proceed a flawless begin to the season with their sixth consecutive league win.
Kane, who additionally hit the woodwork from point-blank vary within the second half, rifled in his eleventh league purpose within the twenty seventh minute and have become the primary Bundesliga participant to succeed in that mark after six matches. He has 18 objectives in 10 matches throughout all competitions this season.
The England striker was substituted late within the second half after selecting up a knock to his ankle. Bayern, who additionally set a Bundesliga scoring file with 25 objectives from the primary six league video games, have gained all 10 aggressive matches, and have a four-point lead over second-placed Borussia Dortmund. Frankfurt are sixth on 9 factors.
Contemporary from a 5-1 demolition of Pafos within the Champions League on Tuesday, Bayern shot out of the blocks and wanted simply 15 seconds to take the lead with Colombia worldwide Díaz's tap-in on the far put up and Frankfurt caught napping.
Each groups then had the ball within the web in a rollercoaster begin to the sport solely to be caught offside however Bayern got here near a second purpose when Frankfurt's Robin Koch tried to clear a cutback and despatched the ball bouncing on to the bar.
The tempo steadily dropped off however Kane struck from outdoors the field, discovering simply sufficient house to unleash an unstoppable low drive and put Bayern 2-0 up.
Frankfurt by no means managed to get better and have been on the again foot even after Bayern eased off halfway by way of the second half. Díaz then drilled in his second purpose within the 84th with an excellent flip and shot to make it 5 league objectives for the brand new recruit.
Borussia Dortmund got here from behind to earn a 1-1 house draw with RB Leipzig, as they conceded their first league purpose since August.
Dortmund, 4-1 winners over Athletic Bilbao within the Champions League on Wednesday, discovered themselves on the again foot after seven minutes when Christoph Baumgartner tapped in from Assan Ouédraogo's header to place the guests in entrance. The hosts hit again when Yan Couto drilled house from contained in the field to stage after 23 minutes and either side had a lot extra probabilities after the break.
Christian Kofane scored his first Bundesliga purpose as Bayer Leverkusen eased previous Union Berlin 2-0. Leverkusen, lacking the injured Patrik Schick, initially struggled to interrupt down the Berliners' defence till Ernest Poku tapped in from 10 metres after a wonderfully executed assault.
Kofane, a Cameroon Below-20s worldwide, made positive of Leverkusen's second house league win this season 4 minutes after the break, pouncing on a mistake by the Union keeper, Frederik Rønnow. The 19-year-old's first league purpose got here three days after scoring his first purpose within the Champions League in a 1-1 draw in opposition to PSV Eindhoven.
The 2024 German double winners, who endured a rocky begin the season that led to the dismissal of Erik ten Hag, are undefeated in 4 league video games below his substitute Kasper Hjulmand.
In Serie A, Inter cruised to a 4-1 house win over Cremonese, with 4 completely different scorers on a wet night time. The victory moved Inter stage on 12 factors with first-placed Milan, Napoli and Roma, who all play their sixth league recreation of the season on Sunday.
Lautaro Martínez began the rout within the sixth minute after latching on to a go from Ange-Yoan Bonny contained in the field and ending unmarked with ease. Seven minutes earlier than half-time Inter's stress once more proved an excessive amount of for the guests as Bonny rose contained in the six-yard field to move house the second purpose from a Federico Dimarco cross.
Dimarco added a purpose himself within the fifty fifth minute, assembly a nook with a exact first-time strike into the underside nook to place the hosts additional forward. Two minutes later, Bonny once more turned supplier, slipping the ball to the unmarked Nicolò Barella, who buried the ball with a first-time end for Inter's fourth.
The previous England striker Jamie Vardy made his second league look for Cremonese when he got here on simply earlier than the hour mark and was concerned within the buildup that led to Federico Bonazzoli pulling a purpose again three minutes from time.
