Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick and Michael Olise bagged two goals as champions Bayern Munich obliterated visitors RB Leipzig 6-0 in the Bundesliga opener, putting down an early marker.
Kane opened his account in the 64th minute before hitting two more goals in the 74th and 77th to complete Bayern’s impressive show of strength.
Vincent Kompany’s team, who lifted the German Supercup last week with a 2-1 win over Stuttgart, looked more than ready for the league start with a high pressing game that troubled Leipzig, and some sharp finishing.
“We wanted to send a statement from the first game at home and that’s what we did today,” said Kane. “We performed at a very high level and were efficient. We won 6-0 so we can’t complain. After half-time we were 3-0 up, I said to myself that I need to get on the scoresheet.”
They had the visitors on the backfoot from the start and they struck twice in five minutes to quickly put the game to bed. On both occasions they outplayed Leipzig with a quick passing combination at the edge of the box. Olise drilled in from a tight angle in the 27th minute and new signing Luis Díaz notched his first league goal for Bayern on his Bundesliga debut with a powerful shot off the crossbar in the 32nd.
With Leipzig dazed, Serge Gnabry thought he had scored a third goal for the hosts in the 40th but his shot was deflected on to the crossbar. Two minutes later, however, he delivered a well-timed assist for France international Olise to slot in his second goal of the evening.
Kane then picked up the baton in the second half, getting on to the scoresheet in the 64th minute after early work from Díaz. He then threaded a low shot past two defenders to make it 5-0 before completing his hat-trick a little later.
Michael Olise scores Bayern’s third goal of the evening. Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Paris Saint-Germain edged past Angers 1-0 in Ligue 1 as Fabián Ruiz’s second-half strike secured a home victory for last season’s treble winners, who laboured through a frustrating night that included a missed penalty from Ousmane Dembélé.
Luis Enrique had cautioned that it would take a few games for his side to find their rhythm, with little pre-season preparation after reaching the Club World Cup final in July, and for now the coach has been proven right.
PSG were dominant and in complete control throughout the game, but they struggled to really threaten the Angers goal, especially in the early stages. Midway through the opening half, the referee went off injured, giving an animated Luis Enrique a chance to speak to his players.
The replacement official was soon at the heart of the action, awarding a penalty for Marius Courcoul’s foul on João Neves. PSG, however, spurned the perfect chance to unlock the game, with Dembélé, who scored 35 goals across all competitions last season, sending his spot kick sailing over the bar, in what was the home side’s first real attempt on goal.
Their only other decent chance before the break came when Désiré Doué curled a shot from outside the area, which drifted narrowly past the far post. The goal finally came five minutes after the interval. Doué’s attempt at a pass inside the box was cut out by the Angers midfielder Haris Belkebla, but the ball fell kindly for Ruiz who drilled his shot low into the far corner of the net.
After the game, while the team celebrated last season’s trophy haul, the keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma made an emotional farewell to the PSG supporters. The Italian, instrumental in PSG’s recent successes, has been told to find another club, and he was visibly moved when his teammates encouraged him towards the fans behind the goal who chanted his name.