A victory of enormous value
Frankfurt made the most of a penalty and a mistake to cover up a poor display up front and make it 3-2, but Munich went on to claim a deserved home victory that boosts them for next week’s top clash against Borussia Dortmund.
Bayern Munich strengthened its lead in the German Premier League with a well-deserved victory over its guest, Eintracht Frankfurt, 3 - 2, on Saturday, in the 24th round of the «Bundesliga», moving it 9 points away from its direct rival, Borussia Dortmund, which awaits a difficult confrontation against Leipzig later, Saturday.Aleksandar Pavlovic opened the scoring for the Bavarian team with a shot that landed past goalkeeper Koa Santos, before English sniper Harry Kane added the second goal in the 20th minute with a perfect header.The England national team captain continued his brilliance in the second half, scoring his 28th goal in the «Bundesliga» and the 502nd goal in his career, with a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, coming closer to breaking Polish top scorer Robert Lewandowski's record of 41 goals in one season.The match witnessed Harry Kane scoring his third brace in the last 3 matches, despite causing a penalty kick in the 77th minute, from which Jonathan Burkhardt scored a goal to reduce the difference in favor of Eintracht Frankfurt, before Arno Kalimuendo added a goal...
Second for the visitors following a wrong pass from Joshua Kimmich, but Bayern Munich succeeded in maintaining its lead until the end.
The victory raised Bayern's score to 60 points at the top, while Frankfurt's score stopped at 31 points in seventh place
