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Last Updated: March 17, 2024, 00:00 IST
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Harry Kane has by no means scored so many league targets.
BERLIN: Harry Kane has by no means scored so many league targets.
The England captain claimed his thirty first Bundesliga aim on Saturday to assist Bayern Munich to a 5-2 win at last-place Darmstadt.
Kane headed in Joshua Kimmich’s cross earlier than the break to set the document for targets in a debut Bundesliga season. Uwe Seeler scored 30 targets for Hamburg within the inaugural Bundesliga in 1963-64. Kane additionally eclipsed his earlier greatest mark of 30 league targets in a season achieved with Tottenham within the Premier League in 2018 and once more final season.
Including the Champions League, the place Bayern subsequent faces Kane’s acquainted foe Arsenal, the 30-year-old ahead has 37 targets in 36 appearances for Bayern this season. There are nonetheless eight rounds of the Bundesliga remaining for him to chase Robert Lewandowski’s document of 41 targets in a single season.
Bayern began in management Saturday however was shocked when Darmstadt’s Mathias Honsak arrange Tim Skarke to attain within the twenty eighth.
Kane inadvertently arrange Jamal Musiala to equalize eight minutes later. The 19-year-old Aleksandar Pavlović made an important run previous a bunch of defenders and reduce the ball again for Kane, whose heavy contact arrange Musiala to comb the ball in.
Kane scored in first-half stoppage time, although there was nonetheless time earlier than the break for Oscar Vilhelmsson to strike the crossbar on the different finish.
Musiala grabbed his second aim and Serge Gnabry added Bayern’s fourth within the second half earlier than Kane went off late after a painful collision with the put up. Kane wanted some remedy on his left shin.
Pavlović, who acquired his first Germany call-up on Friday, had gone off earlier after a conflict of heads. He watched the remainder of the match with a swollen left eye.
Mathys Tel scored Bayern’s fifth aim in stoppage time. It ensured Bayern scored 13 targets towards Darmstadt of their two league matches this season. Bayern gained their earlier encounter 8-0.
Vilhelmsson replied for some Darmstadt comfort. But the promoted workforce stays final, now six factors behind Mainz, which defeated Bochum 2-0 of their relegation combat. Mainz occupies the relegation playoff place, six factors behind Bochum in security.
Bayern’s win reduce the hole behind Bayer Leverkusen to seven factors. The league chief visits Freiburg on Sunday because it goals to take one other step to what can be its first Bundesliga title.
Also Saturday, American midfielder Brenden Aaronson scored to assist Union Berlin defeat Werder Bremen 2-1, Augsburg defeated 10-man Wolfsburg 3-1 away, and Borussia Mönchengladbach drew at Heidenheim 1-1.
High-flying Stuttgart visits Hoffenheim later Saturday.
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