Kane’s brace topples Leipzig and keeps Bayern’s title hopes alive

Harry Kane scored a 91st-minute winner as Bayern Munich ended a run of three consecutive defeats by beating RB Leipzig 2-1 at the Allianz Arena, keeping them within eight points of Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen.##EDITORS_CHOICE##An expectant home crowd were inches away from being greeted by an opener inside five minutes when Kane was found by Raphaël Guerreiro, but the Englishman’s header was brilliantly tipped onto the post by Leipzig goalkeeper Janis Blaswich. That was about as good as it got for the Rekordmeister before the break however. Leroy Sané passed up opportunities to shoot when well-placed, and after inadvertently blocking a Kane shot, he drew the ire of the home faithful. The winger made up for it with a lung-busting recovery run to stop a Leipzig counter in its tracks, but not for the first time this season, the Bayern players were jeered off at the halftime whistle regardless.Ghost of Karius haunts Mainz and helps Leverkusen get their record with a deserved victoryFor all their first-half struggles, the hosts had very rarely found their own goal under threat. Not until the 53rd minute did Leipzig manage a shot on target, as Amadou Haidara stung the palms of Manuel Neuer from range. From the resultant corner, Mohamed Simakan flashed a volley wide of the target to provide another sizable scare. As tension started to grow inside the Allianz Arena, the ever-reliable Kane brought heart rates down as he slotted home Bayern’s opener, expertly finding the bottom corner after being played in by Jamal Musiala.World class quality put them ahead, while at the other end it preserved their lead as Neuer made a phenomenal save to deny Benjamin Šeško as he bore down on goal. The Slovenian passed up another opportunity shortly afterwards, but he was on target in the 70th minute as his effort deflected beyond the grasp of Neuer to set up a thrilling finale in Munich.Thomas Tuchel turned to his bench for inspiration, and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting made all the difference as his flick was rifled in by the clinical Kane, who sent the home crowd wild with a pivotal last-gasp winner which ended a three-match head-to-head run without a victory.BUNDESLIGAFridayLeverkusen – Mainz 2-1 (1-1)/Xhaka 3, Andrich 68 – Kohr 8/SaturdayUnion Berlin – Heidenheim 2-2 (2-1)/Gossens 44, Schaffer 45+2 – Dovedan 3, Beste 71/Werder – Darmstadt 1-1 (1-1)/Zimmermann 8 og – Justvan 33/Stuttgart – Koln 1-1 (0-0)/Millot 53 – Martel 62/M’ gladbach – Bochum 5-2 ()/Ngoumou 25, Weigl 35, Reitz 72, Siebatcheu 78, Honorat 90+6 – Hofmann 75, Schlotterbeck 88/Bayern – RB Leipzig 2-1 (0-0)/Kane 90+1 – Sesko 70/Sunday17.30: (2.30) Eintr.Frankfurt (3.50) Wolfsburg (3.30)19.30: (1.53) Dortmund (4.30) Hoffenheim (6.00)21.30: (2.35) Augsburg (3.50) Freiburg (3.15)***odds are subject to change

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