Striker Harry Kane scored once and helped set up another as champions Bayern Munich battled past Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Bundesliga Klassiker on Saturday and maintained their perfect start to the season with his seventh straight win.
The Bavarians, who host Club Brugge in the Champions League on Wednesday, had to survive heavy pressure from the visitor in the second half before securing their 11th win in 11 games in all competitions this season. They lead the Bundesliga race with 21 points, five ahead of second-placed RB Leipzig.
Dortmund, who suffered their first defeat in ten games in all competitions, dropped to fourth place after fourteen games.
The win also gave Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer a new record for most league wins with his 363rd Bundesliga win.
“It was an important win,” said Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich. «The first half was very good. In the second half, Dortmund did better; they had some good chances. They scored a nice goal.»
«We were not at our best level in the second half. But we fought and it was a very important win for the team. You can see that it is difficult to beat us at the moment.»
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Man-of-the-match Kane gave the hosts a deserved lead when he scored his twelfth league goal in seven games with a glancing header from Kimmich’s corner in the 22nd minute. So far this season he has scored 22 goals in 14 appearances for club and country.
Dortmund, who travel to FC Copenhagen in the Champions League on Tuesday, were nowhere to be seen in the first half but tried to bounce back after the break and went close past Felix Nmecha before Karim Adeyemi fired over the crossbar from close range in the 67th minute.
England captain Kane, who scored twice in his country’s 5-0 win over Latvia on Tuesday that secured its ticket to next year’s World Cup, then sent a stunning 60-yard pass to Luis Diaz, who cut into Dortmund’s box. Dortmund’s Jobe Bellingham wasted too much time trying to clear the ball, allowing Michael Olise to slide in and finish the move in the 79th minute.
The visitor pulled a goal back five minutes later through Julian Brandt’s tap-in and piled on the pressure to inject late drama into the match.
Published on October 19, 2025
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