Harry Kane became the first man to score four hat-tricks in his debut Bundesliga season as Bayern responded with an emphatic win against relegation-threatened Mainz. Kane took his tally to 30 goals in 25 Bundesliga games, as well as providing a wonderful assist for Jamal Musiala.
After Kane tapped in the opener, Leon Goretzka doubled the advantage by reacting first to the England striker hitting the post from Joshua Kimmich’s quick free-kick.
Mainz reduced the gap through Nadiem Amiri but Kane struck again before half-time with a clinical finish.
Any hope Mainz had going into the second half was extinguished when Thomas Muller scored the fourth in similar fashion to Bayern’s opener.
As with Kane’s first, Musiala was the creator with a pinpoint low cross from the left and veteran Germany international Muller was waiting to stroke in. As Mainz applied pressure in the hope of reducing the gap, they were punished again. Kane broke quickly and picked out Musiala with a superb cross-field pass which the Germany winger despatched, before Serge Gnabry audaciously flicked in a sixth.
Kane completed his hat-trick with his 40th goal for club and country this season, with Goretzka adding an eighth in injury time.
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