Champions go top with second-half demolition of DarmstadtEngland captain fires home spectacular goal from own half
Bayern Munich pulverised Darmstadt with eight unanswered second-half goals, including a Harry Kane hat-trick, to go top of the Bundesliga, in a game that marked Manuel Neuer’s long-awaited comeback from a broken leg.
After a record three red cards in a goalless first half, the hosts – themselves playing with 10 men – proved unstoppable against nine-man Darmstadt. Bayern opened their account with Kane scoring a 52nd-minute diving header, before Leroy Sané struck twice, either side of a Jamal Musiala goal, to kill off the game. Kane then scored again, with a stunning 60-metre looping strike from inside the Bayern half.
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