Kane nets hat-trick as Bayern collects its trophy
A Harry Kane hat-trick helped Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich cap its campaign with a thumping 5-1 victory over FC Koln at Allianz Arena.
Despite having wrapped up the title a long time ago, Bayern ensured it concluded the league season with a bang, with Tom Bischof and Nicolas Jackson also getting on the scoresheet.
It took just 10 minutes for Kane to break the deadlock; Konrad Laimer curled a lovely cross in from the right, and Joshua Kimmich helped it on to the boot of the England captain, who volleyed past Marvin Schwabe from close range.
Barely three minutes later, Kane scored his second. A free-kick on the edge of the D was played short by Kimmich, and Kane curled his first-time shot through the crowd and into the net.
However, Koln quickly got back into the game in the 18th minute, as Said El Mala won possession deep in his own half before bursting forward, leaving the Bayern defenders in his wake to slot a low shot across goal.
Bischof restored Bayern's two-goal cushion just four minutes later in a lightning-quick first quarter of the match. The youngster ran on to a loose ball on the edge of the box, and picked out the bottom-left corner with a pinpoint effort.
Bayern continued to push, with Jamal Musiala and Lennart Karl hitting the woodwork, and Kane got his hat-trick 69 minutes in with a long-range drive giving Schwabe no chance.
Jackson wrapped up the scoring with seven minutes to go, sorting out his feet quickly to coolly finish off Luis Diaz's pass.
Kane's hat-trick on Saturday took him to 36 goals for the campaign, more than any other player in the German top flight.
He scored more than 20 braces and 11 hat-tricks, again finishing as the league's top scorer.
Bayern closed out the campaign having lost just one game, doing so for the third time in the club's history, after 2012-2013 and 1986-1987.
