A second-half hat-trick from Harry Kane led Bayern Munich to a 3-0 home victory over Augsburg on Friday, extending their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to eight points ahead of their Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday.
Bayern, unbeaten in the league this season, dominated possession but were repeatedly thwarted by Augsburg’s resolute defence.
In the 61st minute, a VAR review awarded Bayern a penalty after Augsburg’s Mads Pedersen handled the ball in the box, and Kane confidently converted to give Bayern the lead.
In stoppage time, Kane won another penalty after being fouled by Keven Schlotterbeck, who was also shown a second yellow card and sent off. Kane made no mistake from the spot to double Bayern’s advantage.
Finally, Kane completed his hat-trick with a header from a cross, marking his seventh since joining Bayern Munich.
“We knew it would be difficult to break them down. We knew we had to be patient,” Kane told DAZN.
“At halftime that’s what we said, ‘we just have to keep doing what we’re doing’. Thankfully we got the penalty to open the game up and then did well to kill the game off.”
The England captain now has 14 goals in 11 league games for Bayern this season, five of which have come from the spot.
“I work on them a lot. They’re a big part of the game. They helped us again today.
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