European football: Bayern extend perfect start as Kane punishes Dortmund | European club football

Harry Kane scored as soon as and helped arrange one other as Bayern Munich battled previous Borussia Dortmund 2-1 within the Bundesliga’s Klassiker to take care of their excellent begin to the season with their seventh straight win. Bayern needed to survive appreciable second-half stress from the guests earlier than ensuring of their eleventh win in 11 matches throughout all competitions.

They lead the Bundesliga race with 21 factors, 5 forward of second-placed RB Leipzig. Dortmund, who suffered their first loss in 10 matches throughout all competitions, dropped to fourth on 14. Kane gave the hosts a deserved lead when he scored his twelfth league objective in seven matches with a glancing header from a Joshua Kimmich nook within the twenty second minute.

“We weren’t at our greatest degree within the second half,” stated Kimmich. “However we fought, and it was an important win for the workforce. You may see that it’s tough to beat us in the intervening time.”

Dortmund tried to bounce again after the break, going shut by Felix Nmecha earlier than Karim Adeyemi fired over the bar from shut vary.

Kane, who scored twice in England’s 5-0 win over Latvia on Tuesday to safe World Cup qualification, then despatched a shocking 60-metre cross for Luis Díaz who reduce into the Dortmund field. Dortmund’s Jobe Bellingham reduce out the cross however delayed his clearance, permitting Michael Olise to slip in and rating within the 79th minute. The guests pulled a objective again by Julian Brandt’s tap-in 5 minutes later and piled on the stress to inject late drama into the sport.

Bayer Leverkusen’s Alejandro Grimaldo scored twice within the first half to information his aspect to a 4-3 victory in an exciting conflict at Mainz, stretching their file unbeaten run on the street within the Bundesliga.

In La Liga, the substitute Ronald Araújo scored three minutes into added time as Barcelona secured a 2-1 win over a cussed Girona. Barcelona took the lead within the thirteenth minute, when Pedri acquired Lamine Yamal’s fast ball into the field and ran throughout the defensive position earlier than dispatching a low left-footed end.

But Axel Witsel’s spectacular bicycle kick off Arnau Martínez’s header levelled for Girona seven minutes later. The hosts pushed laborious for the winner with 5 pictures on the right track within the first half-hour of the second half and their efforts had been lastly rewarded when Araújo struck in added time.

Araújo took his shirt off in celebration and was booked however Hansi Flick, his coach, was not round to see it as he had simply been despatched off for 2 yellows in added time.

Atlético Madrid rose to fourth within the desk with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Osasuna, Giuliano Simeone teeing up Thiago Almada to interrupt the guests’ resistance within the second half. Jan Oblak’s wonderful late save to disclaim Ante Budimir ensured the three factors.

Villarreal gave up a two-goal lead at dwelling towards Actual Betis, Antony scoring twice – the second deep into stoppage time – to provide the guests a 2-2 draw. Villarreal keep third whereas Betis are fifth.

In Serie A, Inter earned a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Roma, with a strike from Ange-Yoan Bonny tightening the race on the prime of the desk. It took six minutes for Inter to interrupt the impasse, Bonny racing on to an incisive cross from Nicolò Barella and burying his end previous Mile Svilar. The end result denied Roma the prospect to take the outright lead on the prime, as an alternative leaving them degree on 15 factors with Inter and Napoli on the summit.

Earlier within the night, Napoli had fallen to a 1-0 defeat at Torino, struggling their second league lack of the season. Giovanni Simeone scored the sport’s solely objective, pouncing on a free ball within the field to work some house and slot his end into the online. The reigning champions had been lacking each Scott McTominay and Rasmus Højlund by damage and struggled to seek out their attacking rhythm.