Harry Kane to many have scored his first hat-trick for Bayern Munich, however, it would not be recognised in Germany due to a bizarre Bundesliga rule.
Kane scored 3 goals out of the Bavarians 7 goals, as they mauled VFL Bochum at the Allianz Arena.
He netted in the 13th, 54th, and 88th minute, helping Bayern Munich continue their unbeaten start to the season.
However, despite scoring what many would term a hat-trick, a rule in Germany belittles the effort.
What is a hat-trick in the German Bundesliga?
As opposed to several other leagues, in the Bundesliga, when a player scores 3 goals in a game, those 3 goals must be scored in the same half and consecutively before it can be regarded as a hat-trick.
Harry Kane scored the first of his 3 goals in the first half, while the second and third goal came in the second half of the encounter.
Additionally, Matthijs de Ligt, Leroy Sane, and Mathys Tel also scored in between Kane’s goals at VFL Bochum and as such the supposed hat-trick didn’t count.
The Englishman joined Bayern Munich from Tottenham Hotspur on August 12, 2023, for a fee of €100 million.
He has had an outstanding start to his career at the German club, scoring goals with reckless abandon.
Kane has scored 8 goals and provided 4 assists in 7 appearances for Bayern Munich across all competitions.
The 30-year-old has his sights set on a silverware with the Bavarian giants, and he has been contributing his quota to that.
Harry Kane has scored in all but one German Bundesliga encounter this term, and he is second on the goalscoring chart, with 7 goals from 5 league matches.
Harry Kane hat-trick on social media
Meanwhile, Kane took to his social media platforms after the clash with VFL Bochum posing with the match ball which was handed to him and duly signed.
He captioned the picture with: “A new one for the collection! What a team performance.”
The Englishman left Tottenham Hotspur after 19 years at the club, and he scored 278 goals in 430 appearances across all competitions.
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich return to action on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, with a DFB Pokal encounter against Preussen Münster.
The Munich-based club haven’t won the cup competition in the last 3 editions, and they last won the trophy in the 2019/20 season, defeating Bayern Leverkusen by 4-2 in the final.
They crashed out of the competition in the quarter final last season, losing 2-1 to Freiburg on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in one of Thomas Tuchel’s first set of games.
Bayern Munich also return to league action on Saturday, September 30, 2023, visiting the Red Bull Arena to play against 4th-place RB Leipzig.
Anyway, Harry Kane has scored 302 goals and provided 74 assists in 502 appearances so far in his career.
