Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane (L) celebrates as his side beat Stuttgart to claim another Bundesliga title. Photo: AFP <\/p>\n
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Harry Kane scored his 32nd goal of the campaign as Bayern Munich cruised to a 4-2 home win over Stuttgart to claim a record-extending 35th Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n
Raphael Guerreiro, Nicolas Jackson and Alphonso Davies joined Kane on the scoresheet, while Chris Fuehrich and Chema Andres scored for the visitors.<\/p>\n
Borussia Dortmund’s limp 2-1 defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday, their second in two matches, left the door open for Bayern, who only needed a point at home to secure the title with four games to spare.<\/p>\n
Coach Vincent Kompany left regular starters Kane, Michael Olise, Manuel Neuer, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah on the bench with Wednesday’s German Cup semi-final at Bayer Leverkusen in mind.<\/p>\n
Bayern fell behind when Chris Fuehrich scored with 21 minutes gone but roared back, scoring three goals in seven minutes.<\/p>\n
Jamal Musiala created Guerreiro’s opener before Luis Diaz laid on two goals in four minutes for Jackson and Davies to grab control of the match by the break.<\/p>\n
Kane grabbed another early in the second-half to ensure another Bundesliga crown was quickly added to his burgeoning team trophy collection.<\/p>\n
With victory secure, Bayern took their foot off the pedal as an assistant brought bags full with ‘2026 Champions’ t-shirts to the sideline.<\/p>\n
Andres added a late goal for Stuttgart with two minutes remaining but Bayern were on cruise control with title celebrations in mind.<\/p>\n
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Record-breaking Bayern<\/p>\n
The title victory once again illustrated Bayern’s modern and historical dominance of German football.<\/p>\n
The Bavarian giants have now won 13 of the past 14 Bundesliga titles. Bayern have 35 league titles, with no other team reaching double figures.<\/p>\n
Bayern’s wealth and influence outshines all of their domestic rivals and this season has been truly remarkable.<\/p>\n
Bayern have scored 109 goals, the most in Bundesliga history and eight more than the previous record set back in 1971-72, with four games remaining.<\/p>\n
Free-scoring Bayern have 79 points and a goal difference of 80. If the season ended today, Bayern would become the first team to have a greater goal difference than points tally in Bundesliga history.<\/p>\n
With four wins in their remaining four games, Bayern could bring up 91 points, equalling the best mark set by their treble-bound side in 2012-13.<\/p>\n
Then there are the individual records.<\/p>\n
Kane, who became the first Englishman since 1930-31 to reach a half-century of goals in a season in all competitions on Wednesday, can still reach Robert Lewandowski’s single-season goals record of 41.<\/p>\n
The England captain has 32 goals from his 27 games this campaign and is in with an outside chance of catching Lewandowski.<\/p>\n
Michael Olise has 18 assists, three shy of the all-time mark set by Thomas Mueller in 2019-20.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, Freiburg pushed last-placed Heidenheim closer to the drop with a 2-1 home win.<\/p>\n
Johan Manzambi put the Europa League semi-finalists ahead after 24 minutes but Heidenheim’s Budu Zivzivadze levelled things up just before the hour mark.<\/p>\n
Freiburg’s Maximilian Eggestein scored the winner with seven minutes remaining to help his side leapfrog Eintracht Frankfurt into seventh spot.<\/p>\n
The defeat leaves Heidenheim, who hosted Chelsea in the Europa Conference League last season, seven points behind the relegation play-off spot and 11 from safety with four games to play.<\/p>\n
In Sunday’s late game, Nadiem Amiri converted a penalty in the seventh minute of stoppage time to snatch Mainz a 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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