Harry Kane set a Bundesliga scoring record and Luis Díaz netted twice as Bayern Munich cruised past Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 to continue a flawless start to the season with their sixth consecutive league win.
Kane, who also hit the woodwork from point-blank range in the second half, rifled in his 11th league goal in the 27th minute and became the first Bundesliga player to reach that mark after six matches. He has 18 goals in 10 matches across all competitions this season.
The England striker was substituted late in the second half after picking up a knock to his ankle. Bayern, who also set a Bundesliga scoring record with 25 goals from the first six league games, have won all 10 competitive matches, and have a four-point lead over second-placed Borussia Dortmund. Frankfurt are sixth on nine points.
Fresh from a 5-1 demolition of Pafos in the Champions League on Tuesday, Bayern shot out of the blocks and needed just 15 seconds to take the lead with Colombia international Díaz’s tap-in at the far post and Frankfurt caught napping.
Both teams then had the ball in the net in a rollercoaster start to the game only to be caught offside but Bayern came close to a second goal when Frankfurt’s Robin Koch tried to clear a cutback and sent the ball bouncing on to the bar.
The tempo gradually dropped off but Kane struck from outside the box, finding just enough space to unleash an unstoppable low drive and put Bayern 2-0 up.
Frankfurt never managed to recover and were on the back foot even after Bayern eased off midway through the second half. Díaz then drilled in his second goal in the 84th with a superb turn and shot to make it five league goals for the new recruit.
Borussia Dortmund came from behind to earn a 1-1 home draw with RB Leipzig, as they conceded their first league goal since August.
Dortmund, 4-1 winners over Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League on Wednesday, found themselves on the back foot after seven minutes when Christoph Baumgartner tapped in from Assan Ouédraogo’s header to put the visitors in front. The hosts hit back when Yan Couto drilled home from inside the box to level after 23 minutes and both sides had plenty more chances after the break.
Christian Kofane scored his first Bundesliga goal as Bayer Leverkusen eased past Union Berlin 2-0. Leverkusen, missing the injured Patrik Schick, initially struggled to break down the Berliners’ defence until Ernest Poku tapped in from 10 metres after a perfectly executed attack.
Kofane, a Cameroon Under-20s international, made sure of Leverkusen’s second home league win this season four minutes after the break, pouncing on a mistake by the Union keeper, Frederik Rønnow. The 19-year-old’s first league goal came three days after scoring his first goal in the Champions League in a 1-1 draw against PSV Eindhoven.
The 2024 German double winners, who endured a rocky start the season that led to the dismissal of Erik ten Hag, are undefeated in four league games under his replacement Kasper Hjulmand.
In Serie A, Inter cruised to a 4-1 home win over Cremonese, with four different scorers on a rainy night. The victory moved Inter level on 12 points with first-placed Milan, Napoli and Roma, who all play their sixth league game of the season on Sunday.
Lautaro Martínez started the rout in the sixth minute after latching on to a pass from Ange-Yoan Bonny inside the box and finishing unmarked with ease. Seven minutes before half-time Inter’s pressure again proved too much for the visitors as Bonny rose inside the six-yard box to head home the second goal from a Federico Dimarco cross.
Dimarco added a goal himself in the 55th minute, meeting a corner with a precise first-time strike into the bottom corner to put the hosts further ahead. Two minutes later, Bonny again turned provider, slipping the ball to the unmarked Nicolò Barella, who buried the ball with a first-time finish for Inter’s fourth.
The former England striker Jamie Vardy made his second league appearance for Cremonese when he came on just before the hour mark and was involved in the buildup that led to Federico Bonazzoli pulling a goal back three minutes from time.
