Kane shines as Bayern sink Union

Serge Gnabry scored twice and Harry Kane inched nearer to the Bundesliga single-season objective file as Bayern Munich beat Union Berlin 4-0 at house on Saturday.

Kane’s second-half strike took him to 31 this marketing campaign — the identical quantity Union have scored all season — and 10 wanting Robert Lewandowski’s mark from 2020-21, with seven video games to play.

Michael Olise struck for the good Bavarians.

“It is nonetheless potential, I simply should preserve doing what I am doing,” Kane advised reporters concerning the file.

“All it takes is a hat-trick or a few braces in a row after which it will look a bit extra possible.”

Bayern have 97 targets this season, 4 wanting the perfect mark set in 1971-72, when Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Mueller helped the Bavarian giants tear by means of the Bundesliga.

Coach Vincent Kompany made 5 adjustments from the facet which thumped Atalanta on Wednesday to arrange a Champions League quarter-final conflict with Actual Madrid, however stored Kane entrance and centre.

Union, who had by no means crushed Bayern in 14 clashes, held out till the forty first minute, when Olise collected a punted Leon Goretzka cross and curled the ball into the highest nook.

Gnabry made it two simply earlier than the break, knocking in a rebound on the far submit.

Kane pirouetted and curled in Bayern’s third simply after the break, boosting his tally to 48 in 40 video games in all competitions this season.

Gnabry was once more in the suitable place to volley in with 67 minutes gone so as to add gloss to a different large Bayern win.

Wild comeback for Dortmund

Ramy Bensebaini scored two second half penalties as Borussia Dortmund got here from two targets all the way down to win 3-2 at house towards promoted Hamburg and all however lock up second spot.

Philip Otele and Albert Sambi Lokonga scored to place Hamburg two targets up at half-time, after Dortmund’s Felix Nmecha missed a penalty simply earlier than the break.

Bensebaini transformed a penalty after 73 minutes to deliver Dortmund again into the match and Serhou Guirassy hammered in a rebound whereas off stability 5 minutes later.

With six minutes left, Jobe Bellingham tried a long-range effort which hit Miro Muheim’s hand, bringing Bensebaini to the spot once more.

The Algerian nervelessly transformed to deliver Dortmund in entrance and put the hosts on observe for victory.

Second-placed Dortmund are 11 factors away from RB Leipzig in third however stay 9 factors behind leaders Bayern.

Bayer Leverkusen’s top-four hopes took successful with a 3-3 draw at rock-bottom Heidenheim after main 2-0 at half-time and 3-2 with 5 minutes remaining.

The draw leaves Leverkusen sixth, 4 factors behind Leipzig, Stuttgart and Hoffenheim, who’re all stage on 50 factors. Stuttgart have a recreation in hand.

“I am speechless,” goalkeeper Mark Flekken advised DAZN. “We talked at half-time about not getting complacent.”

Hoping to bounce again from Tuesday’s Champions League exit at Arsenal, first-half targets to Malik Tillmann and Patrik Schick had Leverkusen heading in the right direction for a routine win.

Heidenheim fought again by means of a Hennes Behrens objective and a Marvin Pieringer penalty. Schick as soon as once more gave Leverkusen the lead with a header however Pieringer levelled  once more from a nook with 85 minutes gone.

Justin Njinmah scored the one objective as Werder Bremen received 1-0 at Wolfsburg to push their hosts nearer to a primary ever Bundesliga relegation.

Second-last with only one victory within the calendar yr, 2009 German champions Wolfsburg may very well be six factors from security if St Pauli beat Freiburg on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Rhine rivals Cologne and Borussia Moenchengladbach performed out a 3-3 draw.