NewzBERLIN, Germany (AFP) β Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season to help Bayern Munich edge to a 2-1 win at promoted Elversberg in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Handed the captain's armband with skipper Manuel Neuer rested, Kane scored with 18 minutes remaining to break a 1-1 deadlock and put the defending champions on track for victory. Bayern had taken the lead through teenage Germany winger Lennart Karl but Elversberg levelled things up just after the hour mark thanks to a stunning curling effort from Maurice Krattenmacher.
Kane scored 36 league goals last campaign but after drawing a blank in his first two matches he told DAZN: "That's football -- sometimes you have to wait more than you'd have expected. "It was nice to get the goal and the three points. It's a tough place so we're happy with the win...
We probably haven't reached our top level yet, but it's still early days." The defeat was Elversberg's first after opening their maiden Bundesliga campaign with two wins from two. Coming from a town of just 13,000, Elversberg represent the smallest town to have ever played in the German top flight. The underdogs got a pre-game boost when coach Vincent Wagner was cleared to take his spot in the dugout after he won an appeal against a red card in Elversberg's wild 4-3 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach last week.
Bayern took the lead after 26 minutes when Karl tapped in a cross aimed at Kane which the England captain missed. American forward Cole Campbell looked to have levelled things up for the hosts but his effort was ruled out for offside. Elversberg were soon level however when Krattenmacher looped in a superb effort from the edge of the box.
Kane took it upon himself to get Bayern back in front, scoring on the turn in a crowded penalty box on 72 minutes. - Leipzig thrash Hamburg - Earlier on Sunday, RB Leipzig bounced back from their Champions League defeat at Como by thumping strugglers Hamburg 5-0 at home. Norway winger Antonio Nusa was the best of the bunch for the hosts, scoring one goal and setting up two more, including one for Christopher Nkunku, the French winger's first since returning to Leipzig in August.
Tidiam Gomis, Willi Orban and Romulo also got on the scoresheet for Leipzig, who climbed to fifth with the victory. "It's easy to look into the past too much. It's difficult, but you have to look forward," Nusa told reβ¦
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