European roundup: Harry Kane on target again as Bayern Munich cruise

Harry Kane scored his ninth goal of the season to help Bayern Munich cruise to a 3-1 win over Mainz and climb to third in the Bundesliga.

Kane headed home from close range in the 16th minute after Kingsley Coman had given Bayern the lead following good work from Leroy Sane.

The hosts looked to have little to offer in terms of attacking threat but pulled a goal back in the 43rd minute when Anthony Caci found too much space on the left and rifled home. Mainz had a golden chance to level through Stefan Bell but his shot sailed narrowly wide in the 57th.

That proved costly as two minutes later Bayern made it 3-1 thanks to Leon Goretzka’s low drive from the edge of the box.

Bayern trail Bayer Leverkusen by two points who remain top thanks to a battling 2-1 win at Wolfsburg. Jeremie Frimpong and Alejandro Grimaldo scored either side of an equaliser from Maxence Lacroix to secure a seventh win in eight league matches.

Bundesliga top-scorer Serhou Guirassy scored again in Stuttgart’s 3-0 win at Union Berlin. Guirassy took his tally to 14 goals in eight games by converting Stuttgart’s first chance in the 16th minute but had to go off with a hamstring injury in the 30th. Silas Katompa Mvumpa doubled the lead on a counterattack in the 81st, before Deniz Undav completed the scoring with a header in the 88th.

It was Stuttgart’s sixth straight victory and stretched Union’s losing run across all competitions to eight games.

Loïs Openda scored twice as RB Leipzig won 3-1 at promoted Darmstadt, Eintracht Frankfurt won 3-1 at Hoffenheim while Freiburg defeated Bochum 2-1.

A late header from captain Dani Carvajal secured Real Madrid a 1-1 draw at Sevilla in La Liga.

Real had two early efforts disallowed and fell behind after an own goal by defender David Alaba in the 74th minute before Carvajal’s towering close-range header levelled the scores four minutes later.

Sevilla confirmed that a home fan was removed from the ground and reported to the authorities for '“xenophobic and racist behaviour”. A statement from the club said: “Sevilla condemns any racist and xenophobic behaviour, even in isolation, as is the case, and shows its willingness and collaboration with the authorities to eradicate these attitudes, which do not represent a fanbase like Sevilla’s.”

Real Sociedad won 1-0 against Mallorca thanks to a second-half goal from Brais Méndez while Getafe drew 1-1 with Real Betis.

Goals from Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martínez and a penalty by Hakan Calhanoglu gave Internazionale a 3-0 win at Torino to send them back to the top of Serie A.

The visitors struggled in the first half and had goalkeeper Yann Sommer to thank for a number of saves. Thuram opened the scoring just before the hour mark following a cleverly disguised pass from Denzel Dumfries.

Eight minutes later, Martínez extended the lead by heading in a deflected corner from close range for his 11th league goal of the season. Calhanoglu scored a third from the penalty spot five minutes into stoppage-time after Ivan Ilic had brought down Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia struck twice after Matteo Politano had opened the scoring as Napoli won 3-1 at Verona.

Kylian Mbappé was in top form as Paris Saint-Germain secured a 3-0 home victory against Strasbourg, scoring one goal and creating another.

Mbappé put PSG ahead 10 minutes into the match with a penalty after Gonçalo Ramos was brought down. Carlos Soler extended the lead shortly after the half-hour mark, finishing from close range following a cutback from Mbappé. Fabian Ruiz secured the three points in the 77th minute, deftly manoeuvring past two defenders inside the box before finding the back of the net.

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