winzir Bayern Munich 3-0 Werder Bremen, Bundesliga: Kane, Sane Stretch Leaders' Advantage

Bayern Munich eased past Werder Bremen 3-0 on Friday with two goals from Harry Kane and one from Leroy Sane, going nine points clear at the Bundesliga summit. (More Football News)

The Bavarian giants, who face Celtic in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie next week, failed to break through in the first half, with Kane sending a stoppage-time header wide with their best chance before the interval.

The league's leading scorer got even closer 25 seconds after the restart, rattling the crossbar with a powerful shot, but it was third time lucky for him in the 56th minute when he converted a penalty.

"When the team returned home and we announced a training camp for the Asian Champions Trophy, the three informed us that due to domestic issues they wouldn't be able to attend the camp," Mujahid said.

Dayot Upamecano thought he had headed in Bayern's second a few minutes later, but Werder keeper Michael Zetterer spectacularly palmed his point-blank effort wide.

Sane fared better seven minutes from time, tapping in a Konrad Laimer cutback to put the game to bed before Zetterer stopped efforts from Kane and Laimer as Bayern hunted a third.

He was beaten,fhm63 however, for a second time from the spot, with Kane reaching 21 league goals for the season from 12 yards deep into stoppage time, after Jamal Musiala was fouled.

Bayern are on 54 points, nine ahead of champions Bayer Leverkusen in second, who are in action on Saturday at Wolfsburg.

Data Debrief: Magnificent seven for Kompany

Vincent Kompany has led Bayern to seven straight league victories for the first time, and he will hope to match the accomplishments of the last coach to achieve that feat.

Hansi Flick oversaw a 14-match winning run in 2020, when Bayern won a Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League treble.

This was the 116th Bundesliga meeting between Bayern and Bremenwinzir, making it the most-played fixture in league history. The Bavarians have only lost one of their last 31 games against them.