"The optics of his imperious second-half hat-trick in this opening game were very welcome, particularly in the light of the Bundesliga's groundbreaking new TV deal which meant viewers in the England captain's home country could see Kane do his thing on the BBC or on a choice of two different YouTube platforms. Yet the remarkable thing about Bayern's first-night salvo is that they still would have destroyed RB Leipzig,"
"Technically the visitors might have had cause for complaint, with Antonio Nusa's thunderous second-half strike disallowed; rightly, because Castello Lukeba had taken several touches rather than passing from a free-kick award directly before but wrongly, because the officials were only alerted by Joshua Kimmich's unusually strong protests (per a DFB statement), making it an instance of VAR working outside its agreed remits."
Bayern Munich produced a dominant performance to rout RB Leipzig, with Michael Olise scoring twice and Luis Díaz adding a superb debut goal to establish a commanding lead by half-time. Harry Kane completed a second-half hat-trick that underlined Bayern’s ruthlessness, although the team would likely have prevailed without his goals. Antonio Nusa had a powerful strike disallowed following a technical infringement and VAR intervention prompted only after Joshua Kimmich’s protests. Ole Werner faces a significant rebuild at Leipzig and remains unlikely to challenge Bayern for the title this season.
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