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Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich\u2019s 8-1 demolition of Mainz 05 on Saturday to set a Bundesliga record as the champions cut the gap on leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points.<\/p>\nHarry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich\u2019s 8-1 demolition of Mainz 05 on Saturday to set a Bundesliga record as the champions cut the gap on leaders Bayer Leverkusen to seven points.<\/p>\n
Kane, who joined this season for a league record 100 million euros from Tottenham Hotspur, became the first player to score at least twice in eight different games in his first Bundesliga season.He also equalled Uwe Seeler\u2019s record for most goals in a debut Bundesliga campaign by lifting his tally to 30.The England captain also netted twice in Tuesday\u2019s 3-0 win over Lazio which took Bayern into the Champions League quarter-finals.Bayern are on 57 points in second place in the standings ahead of Leverkusen\u2019s home game against VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday.Kane opened his account in 13th minute, tapping in from close range with the Bavarians desperate to hang on to their slim title chances after a bad run with only one win in their last four league games.They added another through Leon Goretzka after Kane\u2019s effort bounced off the post seven minutes later.Mainz briefly cut the deficit with Nadiem Amiri\u2019s thundering free kick and the visitors were pushing hard for a second goal before Kane restored order in first-half stoppage time.The hosts overran Mainz from the start of the second half and Thomas Mueller completed a quick move to make it 4-1 in the 47th.With the Mainz defence in complete disarray the hosts kept pouring forward and Jamal Musiala threaded a shot past the keeper before substitute Serge Gnabry\u2019s audacious mid-air backheel flick made it 6-1.Kane completed his hat-trick from close range, nodding in on the rebound at the far post and Goretzka\u2019s header in stoppage time competed the rout.Follow the
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Harry Kane scored a hat-trick in Bayern Munich’s 8-1 win over Mainz 05, setting a Bundesliga record for scoring at least twice in eight different games in his first season. He equaled Uwe Seeler\u2019s record for most goals in a debut Bundesliga campaign with 30 goals. This victory brought Bayern Munich to 57 points, seven points behind the leaders Bayer Leverkusen. Kane’s performance also included scoring twice in a 3-0 win over Lazio, taking Bayern into the Champions League quarter-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3630,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1171,1170,3,250,1169],"class_list":["post-3629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-bayern-munich","tag-bundesliga-record","tag-cyprus","tag-google","tag-harry-kane"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n