Kane double takes Bayern past Union, Frankfurt hit seven

Harry Kane scored twice and set up another as Bayern Munich moved three points clear at the top of the German Bundesliga with a 3-0 home win over Union Berlin on Saturday.

The England captain put Bayern ahead from the spot after 15 minutes after Union’s Benedict Hollerbach brought down Michael Olise on the edge of the box.

Kane turned provider just before half-time, tapping the ball into Kingsley Coman’s path, the France forward blasting in over Union goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow.

Kane added another after 51 minutes, eagerly getting to a loose ball inches ahead of teammate Jamal Musiala to complete his brace.

Despite two consecutive Champions League losses at Aston Villa and Barcelona, Bayern have now scored 16 without conceding in their past four games against German opposition.

“We’ve not started the Champions League well, so the pressure is on in every Champions League game now,” Kane said.

“I think if we use the confidence that we’ve played the last few games with, we can cause any team a lot of problems.”

“There’s still a long way to go, but we’ve got the right mentality and the right attitude,” Kane told Sky.

“If we keep going like this, everything will be OK — we’re in good shape.”

Having needed a win to avoid relegation on the final match day last season, Union now sit sixth and captain Christopher Trimmel told Sky “we can live with it — Bayern were the favourites and have unbelievable quality.”

RB Leipzig can go back level at the top later on Saturday with a win when they travel to struggling Borussia Dortmund.

Kane’s double took him past his main rival in this season’s goalscoring battle, Omar Marmoush, who scored one and assisted two more in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 7-2 demolition of hapless Bochum.

Hugo Ekitike scored a brace