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Bayern Munich yet got clasp of the Bundesliga trophy aft extending its goals grounds with a Harry Kane chapeau instrumentality connected Saturday (May 16, 2026).
Kane's 4th chapeau instrumentality this play lifted his tally to 36 goals — 5 shy of Robert Lewandowski's league grounds from 2020-21 — successful Bayern's 5-1 rout of Cologne successful the past round.
Tom Bischof and Nicolas Jackson besides scored.
Bayern finished with 122 goals, easy surpassing the erstwhile Bundesliga grounds haul of 101 by the 1971-72 Bayern squad with the likes of Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller.
Leon Goretzka, who's leaving the nine aft 8 seasons, scored the extremity that broke the grounds with 5 rounds inactive to play.
“We person a large group, a large togetherness, and to observe occurrence with that is awesome,” Bayern committee subordinate for athletics Max Eberl said aft his 2nd league rubric with the club.
With the objection of Bayer Leverkusen's singular unbeaten home play successful 2024, Bayern has won each Bundesliga since Borussia Dortmund won back-to-back titles successful 2012.
French winger Michael Olise, who chipped successful 15 goals and acceptable up 22 much implicit 32 appearances, was named Bundesliga subordinate of the play connected Saturday, which turned into a time of solemnisation for the Bavarian powerhouse.
Vincent Kompany's squad wrapped up the rubric with 4 rounds to spare but the players had to hold until Saturday earlier getting their hands connected the “salad bowl” trophy.
Manuel Neuer, the skipper who extended his declaration with the nine for different twelvemonth connected Friday, gave the trophy to Goretzka to hoist skyward, prompting an detonation of confetti and the ubiquitous Queen deed “We Are The Champions” to beryllium blared arsenic the celebrations got underway.
The accepted brew showers rapidly followed arsenic elephantine pitchers afloat of brew were brought to the tract and anyone unfortunate capable to beryllium adust became a target. Bayern defender Dayot Upamecano doused Kompany earlier the soaked manager managed to articulation his household members connected the sideline.
“I'd accidental contiguous it's OK to observe a little,” Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich said. “Then we person a week and past we'll beryllium afloat focused connected the cupful final.” Bayern plays defending champion Stuttgart successful the German Cup last successful Berlin's Olympiastadion connected adjacent Saturday (May 23, 2026).
