Kane and Olise deliver in Bayern's Klassiker win
Forward Harry Kane scored once and helped set up another as defending Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich battled past Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in Der Klassiker to maintain its perfect start to the season with a seventh straight win.
The Bavarian side had to survive considerable second-half pressure from the visitors before making sure of its 11th win in 11 matches across all competitions this season.
Bayern now leads the Bundesliga race with 21 points, five ahead of second-placed RB Leipzig.
Dortmund, which suffered its first loss in 10 matches across all competitions, dropped to fourth with 14 points.
Kane gave the hosts a deserved lead when he scored his 12th league goal in seven matches with a glancing header from a Joshua Kimmich corner in the 22nd minute.
Dortmund was nowhere to be seen in the first half but tried to bounce back after the break, going close through Felix Nmecha before Karim Adeyemi fired over the bar from close range in the 67th minute.
England captain Kane, who scored twice in his country's 5-0 win over Latvia last week to help it qualify for next year's FIFA World Cup, then sent a stunning 60-metre pass across the field for Luis Diaz, who cut into the Dortmund box for Olise silde in and score from an attempted Jobe Bellingham clearance in the 79th minute.
The visitors pulled a goal back through substitute Julian Brandt's tap-in five minutes later and piled on the pressure to inject late drama into the game.
But it was too little too late as Vincent Kompany's side saw out the result to maintain its faultless progress so far this season.
"The first half was almost perfect. We could've scored two or three more goals," Kompany said after the win.
"In the second half, compliments to Borussia Dortmund. They fought and were aggressive. But you also have to stay dangerous in the difficult moments. We did that and had chances.
Kompany added that he was not interested in the league table, despite being clear at the top with a flawless record.
"Everything starts from zero tomorrow and we again need to improve. That's my only focus. The lads are not thinking about the points either but about winning each game," he said.
For Dortmund coach Niko Kovac, he was happy with his side's second-half performance, if not the final result.
"The second half was the face we wanted to show, [but] we were completely dominated by them in the first half," he said.
