Harry Kane injury scare as Bayern Munich overcome Eintracht Frankfurt

Harry Kane was substituted following treatment on his ankle after helping Bayern Munich maintain their perfect start to the season with a 3-0 Bundesliga win at Eintracht Frankfurt.

England captain Kane lashed home his 18th goal of the season in the 27th minute – between Luis Diaz’s double – to score for the sixth game in a row.

The 32-year-old striker later tumbled in a collision with Frankfurt goalkeeper Kaua Santos and was taken off as a precaution in the 85th minute.

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Kane, who is set to go on international duty for a friendly against Wales and World Cup qualifier in Latvia, played down the severity of his injury at full-time.

“I am recovering at the moment – ​​I took a knock,” he said, according to Bayern’s website.

“A few days and then I should be fine, so no problem for the national team. I will be there on Monday.”

Victory for Vincent Kompany’s reigning champions was a sixth in succession in the league this term, with second-placed Borussia Dortmund four points below following a 1-1 draw with third-placed RB Leipzig.

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Christoph Baumgartner gave Leipzig a seventh-minute lead at Signal Iduna Park before Yan Couto’s 23rd-minute leveller preserved Dortmund’s unbeaten start.

Bayer Leverkusen sit fourth with 11 points after goals from Ernest Poku and Christian Kofane earned a 2-0 victory over Union Berlin, while Augsburg beat Wolfsburg 3-1 and Werder Bremen defeated St Pauli 1-0.

Real Madrid returned to the top of LaLiga after Vinicius Junior’s second-half brace set them on course for a 3-1 victory over 10-man Villarreal.

Vinicius opened the scoring with a deflected 47th-minute finish before doubling his tally from the penalty spot after being fouled by Rafa Marin.

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Georges Mikautadze halved Villarreal’s deficit but team-mate Santiago Mourino was sent off for a second yellow card four minutes later before Kylian Mbappe’s 14th goal of the season ensured Real returned to winning ways in the league following last weekend’s 5-2 derby defeat at Atletico Madrid.

Bottom club Mallorca lost 2-1 at fifth-placed Athletic Bilbao, Girona held on with 10 men to defeat Valencia 2-1, and Levante triumphed 2-0 at Real Oviedo.

In Italy, Jamie Vardy came on as a second-half substitute in Cremonese’s 4-1 Serie A defeat at Inter Milan.

The former Leicester striker’s new club were already four goals down when he was introduced in the 58th minute after Inter forward Ange-Yoan Bonny scored one and assisted goals for Lautaro Martinez, Federico Dimarco and Nicolo Barella.

Federico Bonazzoli claimed Cremonese’s late consolation, with fourth-placed Inter moving level on 12 points with the top three of AC Milan, Napoli and Roma.

Danilo Cataldi’s penalty in the 13th minute of added time salvaged Lazio a 3-3 draw at home to Torino, while Atalanta drew 1-1 with Como and Lecce won 1-0 at Parma.

Marseille moved top of Ligue 1 – above Paris St Germain on goal difference – thanks to a 3-0 win at Metz.

Second-half goals from Igor Paixao, Brighton loanee Matt O’Riley and substitute Amine Gouiri secured a fourth consecutive league win for Roberto De Zerbi’s side.

Lens won 2-1 at Auxerre while Brest versus Nantes ended goalless.