Relentless Kane keeps record-breaking run going to send Bayern top
Harry Kane scored twice in Bayern Munich’s 4-2 victory over Heidenheim on Saturday to lift them into top spot in the Bundesliga while extending his own record-breaking scoring run in Germany.
Kane, who has scored 21 goals in 15 matches in the Bundesliga and Champions League for Bayern, opened his account in the 14th minute with a superb turn and shot in the box. The England captain struck again with a powerful header a minute before the break to become the first player in Bundesliga history to score 17 goals in the first 11 matchdays of a season.
Heidenheim struck twice in four minutes thanks to some sloppy defending, with goals from Tim Kleindienst and Jan-Niklas Beste in the second half.
But Raphaël Guerreiro quickly restored the hosts’ lead in the 72nd minute and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting headed home their fourth goal in the 85th to lift them into top place on 29 points. Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen, on 28, host Union Berlin on Sunday.
Stuttgart’s top scorer, Serhou Guirassy, scored an 83rd-minute penalty to steer his team to a 2-1 victory over visiting Borussia Dortmund on his comeback from injury. The Guinea international, who had been out injured for two weeks after a sensational start to the season, came on in the second half and snatched the winner to make it 15 goals in the Bundesliga. Stuttgart move up to 24 points in third with Dortmund fourth on 21.
The visitors had Gregor Kobel to thank for keeping them in the game in the first half after he saved a 10th-minute Stuttgart penalty and then stopped Deniz Undav and Enzo Millot.
Dortmund scored with their first chance in the 36th minute as Niclas Füllkrug tapped in at the far post. Stuttgart got a deserved equaliser before the break with Undav finally beating
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