Harry Kane continued his scoring run as Bayern Munich defeated Eintracht Frankfurt to preserve their flawless start to the Bundesliga season and stretch their lead at the top to four points.
Kane, 32, now has 18 goals in 10 matches for Bayern this season and last week, became the quickest player this century to reach 100 goals for a club in one of Europe’s top five leagues.
On Saturday, the England captain set another milestone by becoming the first to score 11 goals in the first six games of a Bundesliga season with a low drive from distance in the first half that doubled Bayern’s lead in the first half.
Luis Diaz scored on either side of Kane’s strike to secure a win for Vincent Kompany’s side that took full advantage of a slip from Borussia Dortmund earlier in the day, the second-placed side dropping points in a 1-1 draw by RB Leipzig.
The pair meet in a top-of-the-table clash after the international break.
It took reigning champions Bayern just 15 seconds to find the breakthrough as Diaz stole in at the far post to convert Serge Gnabry’s cross for the fastest Bundesliga goal of the season.
Kane had an effort ruled out for offside and Frankfurt captain Robin Koch’s attempted clearance cannoned off his own crossbar as Bayern pressed to extend their advantage.
Dino Toppmoller’s men thought they had found a way back when Jean-Matteo Bahoya curled an effort into the top corner only for it to be disallowed after a video assistant referee (VAR) review for a handball by Ritsu Doan in the build-up.
Kane then settled Bayern’s nerves by giving them a two-goal cushion to take to the interval before hitting the woodwork 10 minutes into the second half.
The Bayern defence stood firm against a Frankfurt side who had scored 17 goals in their first five league games before Diaz sealed a 10th consecutive win at the start of the 2025-26 season for the Bavarians with his second of the game.
After the international break, Bayern Munich will welcome Borussia Dortmund, their closest challengers in the Bundesliga, to Allianz Arena on Saturday, 18 October (17:30 BST), hoping to further extend their lead at the summit.
Eintracht Frankfurt, meanwhile, will resume their campaign with a trip to Freiburg on Sunday, 19 October (14:30 BST).
BBC Sport
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