By SABC Sport
15th September 2024
Harry Kane scored his first hat-trick of the season as Bayern Munich routed promoted Holstein Kiel 6-1 to climb back to the top of the Bundesliga table.
Kane's first-half double, coupled with Jamal Musiala's opener and a Nicolai Remberg own goal, had Bayern 4-0 up by half-time at the Holstein Stadion, and substitute Michael Olise's first goal for his new club and a late Kane penalty simply cemented a perfect start to the campaign despite substitute Armin Gigovic's late consolation strike.
Champions Bayer Leverkusen responded to the loss of their 35-game unbeaten league run against RB Leipzig last time out with a resounding 4-1 win at Hoffenheim.
Victor Boniface's double coupled with Martin Terrier's strike and a Florian Wirtz penalty claimed the spoils as Mergim Berisha replied at the Rhein-Neckar Arena.
Ermedin Demirovic scored twice as Stuttgart eased to a 3-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach after Alassane Plea had cancelled out Deniz Undav's opener for the visitors.
Junior Adamu scored twice inside three second-half minutes to fire Freiburg to a 2-1 victory over Bochum, who had taken the lead through Myron Boadu on the stroke of half-time.
Eintracht Frankfurt needed Omar Marmoush's late penalty to win 2-1 at Wolfsburg after Ridle Baku had cancelled out his first-half opener, while RB Leipzig and Union Berlin finished goalless.