Harry Kane scored a double to become the quickest player to ever reach 20 Bundesliga goals as Bayern Munich beat fourth-placed Stuttgart.
England’s Kane, in his 14th Bundesliga game, slotted Leroy Sane’s pass into an empty net within 90 seconds.
After Thomas Muller and Kim Min-jae had goals disallowed for offside, striker Kane headed in Bayern’s second from close range.
Kim netted the third with a header, his first goal for the German champions.
Kane has reached 20 league goals in 14 games, demolishing the old record set by Hamburg legend Uwe Seeler, who took 21 games to reach that mark in the Bundesliga’s first season back in 1963-64.
Manchester City striker Erling Haaland, then of Borussia Dortmund, was next with 22 games in 2020.
Kane is the second player ever to score 20 goals this quickly in a Bundesliga season, after Bayern and Germany legend Gerd Muller in 1968-69.
He moves four goals clear of the Bundesliga’s second top scorer, Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy, who barely had a chance at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern remain four points behind surprise leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who beat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 earlier on Sunday.
Xabi Alonso’s side have not lost any of their 24 competitive games this season, a joint record for any German side from the start of a season – after Hamburg, who went on to win the title and European Cup in the 1982-83 campaign.
Line-ups
Bayern Munich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Neuer
- 27Laimer
- 2Upamecano
- 3Kim Min-jae
- 19DaviesSubstituted forKrätzigat 89′minutes
- 45Pavlovic
- 22Guerreiro
- 42MusialaSubstituted forTelat 83′minutes
- 25MüllerSubstituted forChoupo-Motingat 83′minutes
- 10Sané
- 9Kane
Substitutes
- 4de Ligt
- 13Choupo-Moting
- 18Peretz
- 36Aséko Nkili
- 39Tel
- 41Krätzig
Stuttgart
Formation 4-2-2-2
- 33Nübel
- 4VagnomanSubstituted forStergiouat 83′minutes
- 2AntonSubstituted forRouaultat 59′minutes
- 23Zagadou
- 7MittelstädtBooked at 31mins
- 16KarazorBooked at 69mins
- 6Stiller
- 8MillotSubstituted forLewelingat 59′minutesBooked at 82mins
- 27FührichSubstituted forKatompa Mvumpaat 59′minutes
- 26UndavSubstituted forJeong Woo-yeongat 77′minutes
- 9Guirassy
Substitutes
- 1Bredlow
- 10Jeong Woo-yeong
- 14Katompa Mvumpa
- 15Stenzel
- 18Leweling
- 20Stergiou
- 29Rouault
- 40Raimund
- 46Di Benedetto
- Referee:
- Tobias Stieler
- Attendance:
- 75,000
Live Text
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Match ends, FC Bayern München 3, VfB Stuttgart 0.
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Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 3, VfB Stuttgart 0.
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Foul by Jeong Woo-Yeong (VfB Stuttgart).
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Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Frans Krätzig replaces Alphonso Davies.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern München).
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Attempt missed. Dan-Axel Zagadou (VfB Stuttgart) header from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Angelo Stiller with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, VfB Stuttgart. Conceded by Manuel Neuer.
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Offside, FC Bayern München. Mathys Tel is caught offside.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Eric Choupo-Moting replaces Thomas Müller.
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Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Leonidas Stergiou replaces Josha Vagnoman.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Mathys Tel replaces Jamal Musiala.
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Jamie Leweling (VfB Stuttgart) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Jamie Leweling (VfB Stuttgart).
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Alphonso Davies (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Maximilian Mittelstädt.
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Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
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Attempt saved. Jamie Leweling (VfB Stuttgart) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josha Vagnoman.
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Substitution, VfB Stuttgart. Jeong Woo-Yeong replaces Deniz Undav.