"The first half was tough, we looked a bit tired, but we got the first goal shortly before half-time - an important goal. You can't play perfectly in every match, there'll always be phases when the opponents get chances. Then you have to defend well, which we did. The second half was more like us: the way we moved the ball, how we pressed with and without the ball. We upped the level, increased the intensity, which made it hard for them."
"The goals again came at the right time. We got the win in the end. It's nice to have scored again and helped the team. 'Hat-trick Harry' is what they called me in school. That one kind of stuck when I was younger. Any ball in the box, whether penalty or not, I just back myself to hit the target."
Harry Kane scored a hat-trick as Bayern Munich defeated Hoffenheim 4-1 at the PreZero Arena. Kane opened in the 16th minute, finishing at the near post from 17-year-old Lennart Karl's maiden Bundesliga assist to give Bayern a 1-0 halftime lead. Kane converted two second-half penalties to seal the result, while Serge Gnabry added a stoppage-time fourth. Hoffenheim earned a late consolation when Vladimir Coufal's free-kick deflected in off Joshua Kimmich. Bayern increased intensity and ball movement after the break, defended well during opponent chances, and Kane recorded his second league hat-trick of the season.
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