Harry Kane bags 14-minute hat-trick after Luis Diaz scores on Bundesliga debut as Bayern Munich hit RB Leipzig for SIX on opening day of new season

Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick in 14 minutes and Michael Olise bagged two targets as champions Bayern Munich obliterated guests RB Leipzig 6-0 within the Bundesliga opener on Friday, placing down an early marker.

England captain and man-of-the-match Kane, who was the league’s high scorer prior to now two seasons, opened his account within the sixty fourth minute earlier than bagging two extra targets within the 74th and 78th to finish Bayern’s spectacular present of energy within the season premiere.

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

‘We wished to ship an announcement from the primary sport at residence and that is what we did at this time,’ stated Kane.

‘We carried out at a really excessive degree and had been environment friendly. We gained 6-0 so we won’t complain. After halftime we had been 3-0 up, I stated to myself that I have to get on the rating sheet.’

Bayern had the guests on the backfoot from the beginning and so they struck twice in 5 minutes to shortly put the sport to mattress.

Kane netted within the sixty fourth, 74th and 78th minutes as Bayern thrashed RB Leipzig on Friday evening

Luis Diaz had earlier marked his Bundesliga debut by discovering the web shortly after the half-hour

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 Diaz notched his first league aim on his Bundesliga debut with a strong shot off the crossbar within the thirty second.

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

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

‘It was an excellent begin to the season, not simply the consequence – but in addition the way in which we performed,’ stated Bayern’s defensive midfielder Joshua Kimmich. ‘We confirmed quite a lot of vitality and stored it excessive till the top of the sport. You might see within the second half that 3-0 was not sufficient.’

Bayern subsequent tackle third division’s Wehen Wiesbaden on Wednesday for the German Cup first spherical earlier than travelling to Augsburg in every week for the Bundesliga’s second matchday.