Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane scored a league-record 31st goal and Jamal Musiala added two more in the team's 5-2 demolition of host Darmstadt 98 on Saturday, which placed the provisional champions seven points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
Kane put Bayern, who will face Arsenal in the Champions League quarter-finals next month, 2-1 up in first-half stoppage time to take their league tally to 31, more than than any player has scored in his first season in the Bundesliga.
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It is also a personal league record for the England captain (the most expensive transfer in the Bundesliga at €100 million) who scored between Musiala's two goals.
But he was taken off injured in the 81st after sliding into the post, getting tangled in the side netting and twisting his ankle.
“He tripped, fell into the net and sprained his ankle,” Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel said. “He's now cooling it with ice. There's no diagnosis yet. We have to wait and see and hope it's just a scary moment.”
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England, preparing for Euro 2024 in Germany in June, will play Brazil on March 23 and Belgium three days later.
“Overall, we are happy with a well-deserved victory. We continued to create opportunities and we deserved the goals we scored,” Tuchel said.
“It has been a good week, we have a very good atmosphere and we are training well. We are happy to continue our streak after our victories over Lazio.” [in the Champions League] and Mainz [last week]”said the coach who will leave at the end of the season after a bad streak at the beginning of the year.
The victory lifts Bayern to 60 points in second place, seven points behind Leverkusen, who travel to Freiburg on Sunday.
The visitors had the advantage from the start, but it was Darmstadt who scored first. Tim Skarke finished off a quick counterattack that caught Bayern off guard in the 28th minute.
They did not have to wait long to equalize after teenager Aleksandar Pavlovic, newly selected for the German national team for friendly matches at the end of March, dribbled past three players, entered the area and found Kane, who passed to Musiala to finish the goal. goal. move in the 36th minute.
Kane then completed his comeback in added time with a header, but Bayern almost conceded another when Darmstadt's Oscar Wilhelmsson hit the crossbar on the stroke of half-time.
German international Musiala, in fine form, ended the game in the 64th minute with a stunning solo run for his tenth league goal, but they weren't done yet.
Substitute Serge Gnabry and Mathys Tel scored before Wilhelmsson scored another goal for Darmstadt, who also hit the woodwork once again late in the match.
