Harry Kane scored the winning goal in stoppage time as Bayern Munich defeated RB Leipzig to secure an important victory in the race for the Bundesliga title.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting got behind the Leipzig defense and cut back for the England captain, allowing Kane to finish with his left foot.
The former Tottenham striker also scored the opener with his left foot from Jamal Musiala's shot.
Benjamin Sesco's deflected equalizer looked like Leipzig could grab a point.
Kane has scored 27 goals in the Bundesliga and 31 in all competitions since joining from Spurs in the summer.
Bayern remains in second place in the Bundesliga, eight points behind undefeated Bayer Leverkusen.
The victory came after Bayern confirmed their head coach this week Thomas Tuchel will leave At the end of the season.
Bayern have been German champions in each of the past 11 seasons, but face the possibility of ending the season without a trophy.
They lost in the German Super Cup in August and were eliminated in the second round of the German Cup in November by third division Saarbrücken.
Tuchel's team lost 3-0 Leverkusen February 10th and 3-2 Bochum last weekend.they were also beaten 1-0 Lazio The first leg of the Champions League to advance to the last 16 was held in midweek.
Kane's incredible scoring streak continues
Kane is currently the Bundesliga's top scorer and this double gave him a nine-point lead over Stuttgart's Selhou Gilassy.
He has also scored six more goals than any player in Europe's top five leagues, followed by Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé with 21.
Kevin has already surpassed Kevin Keegan and Jadon Sancho as the highest-scoring English player in a Bundesliga season.
With his goal against Bochum last Saturday, he became the fastest player in the Bundesliga to reach 25 goals in a season, breaking former Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland's previous record of 25 goals by 22 games. did. He also broke Luca Toni's Bayern record of 25 goals in a debut season.
However, the 30-year-old is still a long way from breaking former Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski's Bundesliga record of 41 goals in the 2020-21 season.
Kane has 11 league games left this season and needs 14 goals to reach the tie.
He also has the potential to break his previous record for goalscoring season with Tottenham in 2017-18, when he scored 41 goals in 48 appearances.
lineup
Bayern Munich
formation 4-2-3-1
- 1neuer
- 6kimmich
- Fourde liftBooked in 59 minutes
- 15Dyer
- twenty twoGuerreiro
- 45pavlovichBooked in 38 minutesReplacementKim Min Jaein 81 minutesminutes
- 8goretzka
- TenSaneReplacementtelephone numberin 65 minutesminutes
- twenty fiveMullerReplacementRymerin 65 minutesminutes
- 42MusialaBooked in 66 minutesReplacementChoupo Motingin 84 minutesminutes
- 9Cain
substitute
- 3Kim Min Jae
- 13Choupo Moting
- 17Zaragoza
- 26ulreich
- 27Rymer
- 34Zvonarek
- 39telephone number
- 44Aznow
RB Leipzig
formation 4-2-2-2
- twenty onebrass witch
- 39Henricus
- 2SimakanBooked in 78 minutes
- FourorbánBooked for 41 minutes
- twenty tworaumReplacementRukubain 90+2'minutes
- 8HaidaraReplacementKanpurin 74 minutesminutes
- twenty fourSchlagerBooked in 67 minutes
- 7Olmo
- 20simmonsReplacementElmasin 87 minutesminutes
- 30SescoReplacementBaumgartnerin 90+2'minutes
- 17open daReplacementpoulsenin 73 minutesminutes
substitute
- 3Lenz
- FiveVitosiab
- 6Elmas
- 9poulsen
- 13Seiwald
- 14Baumgartner
- twenty threeRukuba
- twenty fiveginger
- 44Kanpur
- Referee:
- sasha stegeman
- Attendance:
- 75,000
live text
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Game over, FC Bayern Munich 2, RB Leipzig 1.
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End of the second half, FC Bayern Munich 2, RB Leipzig 1.
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Foul by Konrad Reimer (FC Bayern Munich).
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Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defence.
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Attempt saved. Elzif Elmas (RB Leipzig) fired a left-footed shot from outside the box that was saved in the center of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Henrichs.
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Substituted, RB Leipzig. Castello Rukuba replaces David Raum.
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Substituted, RB Leipzig. Christoph Baumgartner replaces Benjamin Sesko.
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goal! FC Bayern Munich 2, RB Leipzig 1. Harry Kane (FC Bayern Munich) took a left-footed shot from the center of the box into the bottom right corner. Supported by Eric Choupo-Moting.
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Corner, FC Bayern Munich. Mohamed Simakan conceded a goal.
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Substituted, RB Leipzig. Eljif Elmas replaces Xavi Simons.
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Corner, FC Bayern Munich. Kevin Kampl surrenders.
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Attempt blocked. Matthijs Tell (FC Bayern Munich)'s left-footed shot from outside the box was blocked. Assisted by Joshua Kimmich.
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Attempt blocked. Eric Choupo-Moting (FC Bayern Munich)'s left-footed shot from outside the box was blocked. Assisted by Leon Goretzka.
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Substitution, FC Bayern Munich. Eric Choupo-Moting replaces Jamal Musiala.
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Corner, RB Leipzig. Joshua Kimmich gave up a goal.
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Substitution, FC Bayern Munich. Kim Min-jae takes over from Aleksandar Pavlovich.
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Foul by Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern Munich).
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Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig) wins a free kick in the defense.
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Attempt failed. Harry Kane (FC Bayern Munich)'s header from the center of the box was a little too high. Leon Goretzka assisted with a headed pass.
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Attempt blocked. Matthijs Tell (FC Bayern Munich)'s right-footed shot from outside the box was blocked. Assisted by Conrad Reimer.