Kane hat-trick powers Bayern to 5-1 finale win, 36-goal season

Harry Kane turned Bayern Munich’s season finale into a final statement on his place among Europe’s most decisive forwards, scoring a hat-trick in a 5-1 rout of Cologne and finishing the Bundesliga campaign with 36 goals. The result mattered less for the table than for the message it sent: Bayern’s first title under Vincent Kompany was built not only on control and depth, but on a striker who kept delivering when the season had already been won.

Kane struck in the 10th minute, bent a free kick through the wall three minutes later, and completed his treble with a long-range finish in the 69th minute. Tom Bischof added Bayern’s third goal in the 22nd minute, Cologne briefly answered through Saïd El Mala in the 18th minute, and Nicolas Jackson closed the scoring in the 83rd. The match also served as a farewell at the Allianz Arena for Leon Goretzka, Raphaël Guerreiro and Jackson, while referee Deniz Aytekin took charge of his 254th and final Bundesliga match.

The finale capped a season in which Bayern left no doubt about their domestic reach. The club lost only one of 34 league matches, scored 122 Bundesliga goals and finished 16 points clear of Borussia Dortmund. Bayern had already clinched the title on 19 April, securing the club’s 35th German championship, and Kane’s fourth Bundesliga hat-trick underlined how tightly his form matched Bayern’s march to the trophy.

Across all competitions, Kane reached 63 goals in 55 games in 2025-26, a return that sharpened the argument that his move to Munich has become not just successful, but defining. Bayern’s official title celebration shifted to Marienplatz on 17 May, where thousands gathered as Herbert Hainer set the tone for what comes next: “We’re not done yet, so from tomorrow our full focus will be on the next task.” That next task is the DFB Cup final against VfB Stuttgart on 23 May in Berlin, a chance to turn a dominant league campaign into a double.