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Harry Kane scored two goals and assisted another to give Bayern Munich a three-point lead at the top of the German Bundesliga with a 3-0 home win over Union Berlin on Saturday.

The England captain gave Bayern the lead from the penalty spot after 15 minutes after Union’s Benedict Hollerbach brought down Michael Olise on the edge of the box.

Kane became a provider shortly before half-time and fired the ball into the path of Kingsley Coman, the French striker firing over Union goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow.

Kane added another goal after 51 minutes, eagerly winning a loose ball just inches ahead of his teammate Jamal Musiala to complete his brace.

Despite two Champions League defeats in a row at Aston Villa and Barcelona, ​​Bayern have now scored 16 goals and conceded none in their last four games against German opponents.

“We didn’t start the Champions League well, so the pressure is now on in every Champions League game,” said Kane.

“I think if we use the confidence we have played with in the last few games we can cause any team a lot of problems.”

“There is still a long way to go but we have the right mentality and the right attitude,” Kane told Sky.

“If we continue like this, everything will be fine – we are in good shape.”

After needing a win on the final day of last season to avoid relegation, Union are now in sixth place and captain Christopher Trimmel told Sky: “We can live with it – Bayern were favorites and have incredible quality.”

RB Leipzig can return to the top with a win at struggling Borussia Dortmund later on Saturday.

With his brace, Kane overtook his main rival for goals this season, Omar Marmoush, who scored one and assisted two more in Eintracht Frankfurt’s 7-2 win over hapless Bochum.

Hugo Ekitike scored a brace while Marmoush, Ansgar Knauff, Nathaniel Brown, Mahmoud Dahoud and Can Uzun all got on the scoresheet in the defeat.

Marmoush has now scored 10 goals to Kane’s 11 this season, but the Egyptian’s six assists – the best in the league – are one more than the England captain’s five.

Frankfurt overtook champions Bayer Leverkusen to third place, six points behind leaders Bayern.

Bochum scored goals in every half through Dani de Wit and Philipp Hofmann, but were clearly outclassed.

After the victory of the two promoted teams St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel on Saturday, Bochum only has one point from nine games at the bottom of the table.

Kiel beat Heidenheim 1-0 at home thanks to a goal from Patrick Erras and secured their first win in the top division, which puts Kiel three points ahead of Bochum.

Thanks to goals from Oladapo Afolayan and Andreas Albers, St. Pauli secured a 2-0 win in Hoffenheim and moved level with their opponents with eight points, just above the direct relegation zone.

Otherwise there was a 1-1 draw between Wolfsburg and Augsburg.

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