Harry Kane scored a goal as Bayern Munich held on for a 3-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt to move them nine points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.
Bayern were in control after Kane’s goal midway through the second half, but Eintracht fought back and scored twice in the final thirteen minutes to make for a nerve-wracking ending.
Eintracht failed to clear Alphonso Davies’ looping cross and Alexander Pavlovic answered the ball with a thumping volley, although Kaua Santos should have done better as the ball trickled under him into the bottom right corner in the 16th minute.
Kane, who had already seen a shot parried from a tight angle, doubled Bayern’s lead 20 minutes later, nodding Josip Stanisic’s strike past Kaua in a crowded box.
Substitute Jonathan Burkardt saw a dink hit the foot of Bayern’s left post shortly after the hour, before Kane struck again in the 68th minute. He was given too much space outside the area and bent his strike into the bottom left corner.
But nine minutes later he overtook Oscar Hojlund as he tried to clear in his own penalty area, with a penalty awarded after a VAR review, and Burkardt coolly converted.
Arnaud Kalimuendo grabbed Eintracht’s second with four minutes to go, capitalizing on Joshua Kimmich’s loose pass across the penalty area as he parried Min-Jae Kim’s quick ball into Bayern’s empty goal, although they could not find a late equalizer.
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