Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane scored a hat-trick as it crushed promoted Holstein Kiel 6-1 away on Saturday (Sep 14) to move top of the Bundesliga after three matches with a maximum nine points. The Bavarians, who welcome Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Tuesday, netted three times in the first 13 minutes as Kiel made a disastrous start peppered with defensive errors.
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich took just 13 seconds to open the scoring against newly promoted Holstein Kiel, returning to the top of the Bundesliga with an emphatic win.
Kane nodded on for Jamal Musiala to run clear and score Bayern's joint second-fastest goal in the Bundesliga era. Kane scored twice in a rampant first half either side of an own goal from Nicolai Remberg, with forward Michael Olise grabbing his first Bayern goal after the break. Kane then scored a penalty in stoppage time to wrap up victory and a fifth hat-trick for the club.
Vincent Kompany's side have won all three league games while Kiel – in their first Bundesliga season – have yet to record a point.
Only striker Giovane Elber has scored a faster goal in the Bundesliga for Bayern than Musiala, the Brazilian netting after 11 seconds against Hamburg in 1998.
Musiala made no mistake after two defenders collided before Lewis Holtby gave the ball away and Musiala teed up Kane for the second.
Kane has now scored against all 18 teams he has faced in the Bundesliga, and after Remberg turned into his own goal the England captain curled in a fine second from 20 yards.
Olise swept in a rebound after Alphonso Davies had a shot saved to put Bayern 5-0 up, but Armin Gigovic gave the home fans something to cheer when he headed in a late consolation, their first goal at home in the league.
There was still time for Kane to win – and convert – a spot-kick in added time.
Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen put their first defeat in 35 Bundesliga games behind them on Saturday when they thumped Hoffenheim 4-1 with Victor Boniface bagging a brace.
The win will be a confidence-boost for Xavi Alonso's men Leverkusen, who start their Champions League campaign next Tuesday in Rotterdam against Feyenoord. Frenchman Martin Terrier scored his first Bundesliga goal to give the visitors a deserved lead, before Boniface danced around defenders to add a second while Mergim Berisha soon pulled one back.
Florian Wirtz converted a penalty before Boniface added a well-taken second. Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann, making his 464th Bundesliga appearance to draw level with German football legend Lothar Matthaus, made a string of saves to keep the home side in the game.
Despite dominating, Leipzig couldn't find a way past Union Berlin and had to settle for a point after a 0-0 draw.
With Marco Rose out suspended and Bo Svensson sick, both teams were without their head coaches on the sideline. Xavi Simons hit the bar, and Union goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow saved a Lois Openda penalty and a David Raum free kick to frustrate the hosts, who couldn't maintain their perfect start to the season.
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.
