- Harry Kane scored a hat-trick against Mainz to take his Bundesliga tally to 30
- The striker became first player to score at least twice in eight different games
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Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 8-1 demolition of Mainz 05 on Saturday to set a Bundesliga record as the champions cut the gap on leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points.
Kane, who joined this season for a league record 100 million euros from Tottenham, became the first player to score at least twice in eight different games in his first Bundesliga season.
He also equalled Uwe Seeler’s record for most goals in a debut Bundesliga campaign by lifting his tally to 30.
The England captain also netted twice in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Lazio which took Bayern into the Champions League quarter-finals.
Kane opened his account in 13th minute, tapping in from close range with the Bavarians desperate to hang on to their slim title chances after a bad run with only one win in their last four league games.
Bayern Munich cut the gap on leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points with win over Mainz
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick against Mainz to take his Bundesliga tally for the season to 30
The England striker became first player to score at least twice in eight different games
They added another through Leon Goretzka after Kane’s effort bounced off the post seven minutes later.
Mainz briefly cut the deficit with Nadiem Amiri’s thundering free kick and the visitors were pushing hard for a second goal before Kane restored order in first-half stoppage time.
The hosts overran Mainz from the start of the second half and Thomas Mueller completed a quick move to make it 4-1 in the 47th.
With the Mainz defence in complete disarray the hosts kept pouring forward and Jamal Musiala threaded a shot past the keeper before substitute Serge Gnabry’s audacious mid-air backheel flick made it 6-1.
Kane completed his hat-trick from close range, nodding in on the rebound at the far post and Goretzka’s header in stoppage time competed the rout.
Leon Goretzka scored a brace on Saturday to help maintain Bayern’s slim title hopes
amal Musiala threaded a shot past the keeper after being found by Kane
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