Harry Kane extended his scoring streak as Bayern Munich overcame Eintracht Frankfurt, maintaining their perfect start to the Bundesliga season and increasing their advantage to four points.
Kane, 32, has 18 goals in 10 games for Bayern this season and last week became the fastest player this century to score 100 goals for a club in one of Europe’s top five divisions.
On Saturday, the England captain made history by becoming the first to score 11 goals in the first six games of a Bundesliga season, with a low drive from distance that doubled Bayern’s lead in the first half.
Luis Diaz scored either side of Kane’s goal to earn a win for Vincent Kompany’s side, who took full advantage of a mistake by second-placed Borussia Dortmund, who dropped points in a 1-1 draw with RB Leipzig earlier in the day.
After the international break, Bayern and Dortmund will face off for the top of the standings.
It took only 15 seconds for defending champions Bayern to break the deadlock, as Diaz snuck in at the far post to convert Serge Gnabry’s cross for the season’s fastest Bundesliga goal.
Kane had an effort ruled out for offside, and Frankfurt captain Robin Koch’s attempted clearance cannoned off his own crossbar as Bayern pressed to extend their advantage.
Dino Toppmoller’s team thought they had found a way back when Jean-Matteo Bahoya curled an effort into the top corner, but it was disallowed after a video assistant referee review for a handball by Ritsu Doan in the build-up.
Kane then settled Bayern’s nerves by giving them a two-goal lead.
The Bayern defense held firm against a Frankfurt side that had scored 17 goals in their first five league games before Diaz sealed the Bavarians’ 10th consecutive victory at the start of the 2025-26 season with his second of the game.
Kane was substituted late in the game after suffering an ankle injury, which caused Kompany and England boss Thomas Tuchel some concern.
“I am recovering at the moment,” the Bayern striker said after the game.
“I took a knock. A few days and then I should be fine, so no problem for the national team. I will be there on Monday.”
