Kane hat-trick hands Bayern German Cup victory and domestic double
BERLIN, May 23 : Bayern Munich forward Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick to steer the Bundesliga champions to a 3-0 victory over holders VfB Stuttgart in the German Cup final on Saturday as they claimed the domestic double for the first time in six years. Kane headed home for a 55th-minute lead, then bagged his second after a superb move 10 minutes from time before earning his third goal of the evening with a stoppage-time penalty. The England captain, in stellar form heading into next month’s World Cup, is only the third player ever to score in every German Cup round, including the final. He has also netted 61 times in 51 matches across all competitions for Bayern this season. “Maybe a bit of patience,” Kane said when asked how the game turned. “The first half was tough. They like the man-to-man pressure. But they started to tire a little bit. “In the second half we were a bit more patient with the ball, a bit more quality. We deserved to win. “A record-breaking season,” he …





