Overview

• Bayern beat Hoffenheim 4:1 as Harry Kane scored at 44 minutes, then from the spot in the 48th (handball) and 77th (foul) minutes.
• The win leaves Bayern on 12 points from four league games with an 18:3 goal difference, the best start in Bundesliga history, and their 18 goals are a four-game record.
• Kane’s scoring run includes two goals in the 3:1 Champions League victory over Chelsea earlier in the week.
• Coach Vincent Kompany praised the team’s response after a difficult first half, while sporting director Max Eberl lauded Kane’s leadership and finishing.
• Kane said he was known as “Hattrick Harry” at school and insisted three goals count as a hat-trick despite Germany’s “Dreierpack” term.