European football: Harry Kane hits hat-trick and Luis Díaz off the mark as Bayern thrash Leipzig | European club football

Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick and Michael Olise bagged two objectives as champions Bayern Munich obliterated guests RB Leipzig 6-0 within the Bundesliga opener, placing down an early marker.

Kane opened his account within the sixty fourth minute earlier than hitting two extra objectives within the 74th and 77th to finish Bayern’s spectacular present of energy.

Vincent Kompany’s group, who lifted the German Supercup final week with a 2-1 win over Stuttgart, regarded greater than prepared for the league begin with a excessive urgent sport that troubled Leipzig, and a few sharp ending.

“We needed to ship a press release from the primary sport at dwelling and that’s what we did right now,” mentioned Kane. “We carried out at a really excessive degree and had been environment friendly. We received 6-0 so we are able to’t complain. After half-time we had been 3-0 up, I mentioned to myself that I must get on the scoresheet.”

They’d the guests on the backfoot from the beginning they usually struck twice in 5 minutes to rapidly put the sport to mattress. On each events they outplayed Leipzig with a fast passing mixture on the fringe of the field. Olise drilled in from a good angle within the twenty seventh minute and new signing Luis Díaz notched his first league purpose for Bayern on his Bundesliga debut with a robust shot off the crossbar within the thirty second.

With Leipzig dazed, Serge Gnabry thought he had scored a 3rd purpose for the hosts within the fortieth however his shot was deflected on to the crossbar. Two minutes later, nonetheless, he delivered a well-timed help for France worldwide Olise to fit in his second purpose of the night.

Kane then picked up the baton within the second half, getting on to the scoresheet within the sixty fourth minute after early work from Díaz. He then threaded a low shot previous two defenders to make it 5-0 earlier than finishing his hat-trick somewhat later.

Paris Saint-Germain edged previous Angers 1-0 in Ligue 1 as Fabián Ruiz’s second-half strike secured a house victory for final season’s treble winners, who laboured via a irritating night time that included a missed penalty from Ousmane Dembélé.

Luis Enrique had cautioned that it will take just a few video games for his aspect to search out their rhythm, with little pre-season preparation after reaching the Membership World Cup last in July, and for now the coach has been confirmed proper.

PSG had been dominant and in full management all through the sport, however they struggled to actually threaten the Angers purpose, particularly within the early phases. Halfway via the opening half, the referee went off injured, giving an animated Luis Enrique an opportunity to talk to his gamers.

The substitute official was quickly on the coronary heart of the motion, awarding a penalty for Marius Courcoul’s foul on João Neves. PSG, nonetheless, spurned the right likelihood to unlock the sport, with Dembélé, who scored 35 objectives throughout all competitions final season, sending his spot kick crusing over the bar, in what was the house aspect’s first actual try on purpose.

Their solely different respectable likelihood earlier than the break got here when Désiré Doué curled a shot from exterior the realm, which drifted narrowly previous the far publish. The purpose lastly got here 5 minutes after the interval. Doué’s try at a move contained in the field was lower out by the Angers midfielder Haris Belkebla, however the ball fell kindly for Ruiz who drilled his shot low into the far nook of the online.

After the sport, whereas the group celebrated final season’s trophy haul, the keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made an emotional farewell to the PSG supporters. The Italian, instrumental in PSG’s latest successes, has been advised to search out one other membership, and he was visibly moved when his teammates inspired him in direction of the followers behind the purpose who chanted his identify.