European football: Kane double helps Bayern Munich sink Borussia Dortmund | European club football

Harry Kane scored twice once more and Bayern Munich opened an 11-point lead within the Bundesliga with a 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker on Saturday.

Joshua Kimmich let fly together with his left boot to attain the winner with a volley within the 87th minute, simply 4 minutes after Daniel Svensson equalised for Dortmund with an excellent volley contained in the left publish. Nico Schlotterbeck put Dortmund 1-0 up on the break, however Serge Gnabry arrange Kane’s response and the England captain acquired his second from the penalty spot – after a foul by Schlotterbeck on Josip Stanisic – to take his league tally to 30 targets this season.

Kane has scored two targets or extra for the fourth successive recreation and is threatening Robert Lewandowski’s season document of 41.

Werder Bremen lastly ended their 13-game run with out a win within the Bundesliga by beating relegation rivals Heidenheim 2-0 of their bottom-of-the-table scrap. Bremen missed a number of probabilities earlier than Jovan Milosevic scored from Romano Schmid’s cross within the 57th minute, and an personal aim from Hennes Behrens in stoppage time confirmed Bremen’s first win after three defeats below their new coach, Daniel Thioune. It was sufficient to elevate Bremen above Wolfsburg into the relegation playoff place. Wolfsburg, who haven’t gained any of their previous six video games, go to Stuttgart on Sunday.

Heidenheim remained backside, 9 factors from a secure place after St Pauli held on for a 1-0 win at high-flying Hoffenheim. Mathias Pereira Lage scored for St Pauli earlier than the break, lifting the Hamburg-based membership out of the relegation zone after their third win from 4 video games.

Kevin Diks scored a stoppage-time penalty for Borussia Mönchengladbach to beat Union Berlin 1-0 and finish Gladbach’s seven-game winless run. Jarell Quansah scored late for Bayer Leverkusen to salvage a 1-1 draw with Mainz, canceling out Sheraldo Becker’s second-half volley. However the draw was a blow to Leverkusen’s hopes of reaching fourth place within the race for Champions League qualification. Leverkusen remained sixth, and each Stuttgart and Leipzig may pull additional away. Leipzig go to Hamburg on Sunday.

Lamine Yamal scored the primary hat-trick of his profession as Barcelona beat guests Villarreal 4-1 to maneuver 4 factors away from Actual Madrid on the prime of La Liga. Barcelona have 64 factors whereas second-placed Actual are on 60 factors earlier than they host Getafe on Monday. Villarreal stay a distant third on 51.

Lamine Yamal put the hosts forward within the twenty eighth minute after Fermin Lopez robbed Pape Gueye and slipped a go down the best for the 18-year-old to complete low contained in the left publish. He doubled the lead 9 minutes later with a blinding solo run, controlling an extended ball on the best wing earlier than slicing inside previous Sergi Cardona and Alberto Moleiro to twist an unstoppable shot into the highest nook.

Gueye pulled one again from shut vary within the forty ninth minute, however Villarreal missed probabilities to equalise and paid the value as Lamine Yamal accomplished his hat-trick within the 69th minute with one other counterattack. Robert Lewandowski got here off the bench so as to add a fourth in added time, tapping in from Jules Koundé’s low cross from the best.

Julián Alvarez struck within the 94th minute to grab Atlético Madrid a 1-0 La Liga win over backside facet Actual Oviedo and assist his crew climb to 3rd. The Argentinian striker secured Diego Simeone’s facet solely their second win in 5 league video games together with his first league aim in almost 4 months.

The Rojiblancos had an eye fixed on Tuesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final second leg at Barcelona, the place they maintain a 4-0 benefit, and had been extraordinarily lucky to emerge with three factors. The merciless ending left Oviedo eight factors from security.

Inter moved 13 factors clear on the prime of Serie A with a snug 2-0 dwelling win over lowly Genoa because of targets from Federico Dimarco and Hakan Calhanoglu. Inter have 67 factors from 27 video games, forward of second-placed Milan, who go to relegation-threatened Cremonese on Sunday.

Dimarco put Inter forward simply previous the half-hour mark with a chic end into the far nook from a decent angle on the left after a intelligent lofted go from Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Calhanoglu wrapped up the factors within the seventieth minute with a exact penalty after a handball by Genoa’s half-time substitute Alexsandro Amorim to provide in-form Inter their eighth consecutive Serie A win and 14th victory from their final 15 league video games.

Romelu Lukaku’s first aim of the season with the final kick of the match ended Napoli’s winless run. Lukaku, who had performed simply 41 minutes this marketing campaign after a critical preseason thigh damage, pounced within the sixth minute of stoppage time to assist Napoli win at backside membership Hellas Verona 2-1. He appeared to tear up when the ultimate whistle blew seconds later. His final aim was on 23 Might and was adopted by a horrible few months. Shortly after his torn thigh, his father died immediately in September at 58.

“On a private degree soccer provides you numerous. It has given me every little thing however dropping my father like I misplaced him weighs on me every single day,” Lukaku instructed Dazn whereas struggling to carry again tears. “However it’s what it’s and I keep it up for my daughters, for my brother and for Napoli which has given me a lot.”

Napoli acquired off to a terrific begin as Rasmus Højlund’s looping header from 12 meters gave them the lead after lower than two minutes. Nevertheless, Højlund was additionally concerned within the equaliser within the sixty fifth. He tried to clear a Verona nook but it surely got here out to Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, whose shot was deflected in by Højlund. The aim was credited to Akpa Akpro because the preliminary shot was heading in the right direction.

In France, Paris Saint-Germain prolonged their Ligue 1 benefit to 4 factors with a 1-0 victory at Le Havre because of a first-half aim from Bradley Barcola. PSG lead second-placed Lens, who’ve stumbled over the past seven days with a 3-2 dwelling loss to Monaco final weekend and a 1-1 draw at Racing Strasbourg on Friday.

PSG now have 9 wins from their final 10 league video games but it surely took 37 minutes for Barcola, in an unfamiliar centre-forward position, to interrupt the impasse by heading dwelling a Lee Kang-in cross. Lee missed a very good likelihood to double the rating two minutes later and two minutes after that Dro Fernández, just lately signed from Barcelona, had an effort disallowed for offside. Désiré Doué ought to have made it 2-0 from the penalty spot within the 79th minute after being tripped by Lucas Gourna-Douath, however his effort was saved by Mory Diaw.

Le Havre, who keep 9 factors above the relegation zone in thirteenth place, struggled by way of many of the match however had an opportunity to equalise within the 54th minute when Issa Soumaré’s shot on the flip pressured Matvey Safonov into a pointy save.