BERLIN (AP) 鈥� Harry Kane scored twice again and Bayern Munich opened an 11-point lead in the Bundesliga with a 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker on Saturday.
Joshua Kimmich let fly with his left boot to score the winner with a volley in the 87th minute, just four minutes after Daniel Svensson equalized for Dortmund with a brilliant volley inside the left post.
Nico Schlotterbeck put Dortmund 1-0 up at the break, but Serge Gnabry set up Kane鈥檚 response and the England star got his second from the penalty spot 鈥� after a foul by Schlotterbeck on Josip Stani拧i膰 鈥� to take his league tally to 30 goals this season.
Kane has scored two goals or more for the fourth successive game and is threatening Robert Lewandowski鈥檚 season record of 41.
Dortmund disappointed
It’s the second painful defeat for Dortmund in as many games after its on Wednesday despite going into their playoff second leg with a 2-0 advantage.
Dortmund top scorer Serhou Guirassy and defender Ramy Bensebaini started as substitutes with coach Niko Kova膷 explaining that Ramadan fasting was impacting the Muslim players鈥� fitness.
鈥淚t takes a lot of energy if you can鈥檛 eat and drink all day,鈥� Kova膷 said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 why I couldn鈥檛 bring the guys on today. We have the data. You can see that if the players can鈥檛 eat and drink it has an impact on performance.鈥�
Schlotterbeck headed the opener from a free kick against the run of play in the 26th.
The Dortmund defender was somewhat fortunate to be on the field after escaping with a yellow card for a bad challenge on Stani拧i膰 just minutes before.
Dortmund captain Emre Can had to go off before the break with a suspected left knee injury.
Dayot Upamecano almost equalized after the break when he crashed against the post, and Kane finally got Bayern鈥檚 reply in the 54th with an easy finish to Gnabry鈥檚 cross.
Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel got his left hand to the ball but couldn鈥檛 stop the penalty flying in under the crossbar for Kane鈥檚 45th goal of the season across all competitions.
Kova膷 made three changes in the 75th, including sending on 17-year-old Italian forward Samuele Inacio for his Bundesliga debut.
Svensson celebrated with a somersault after drawing Dortmund level, but Bayern wasn’t finished.
Ten rounds remain and only an improbable collapse will stop Bayern from making it 13 Bundesliga titles in the 14 years since Dortmund won it back-to-back in 2012.
鈥淲e have an 11-point advantage,” Kimmich said, “we’re not going to give it away.鈥�
Bremen ends winless streak
Werder Bremen finally ended its 13-game run without a win by beating relegation rival Heidenheim 2-0 in their bottom-of-the-table scrap.
Bremen missed a host of chances before Jovan Milo拧evi膰 scored from Romano Schmid鈥檚 cross in the 57th minute, and an own goal from Hennes Behrens in stoppage time confirmed Bremen鈥檚 first win after three defeats under new coach Daniel Thioune.
It was enough to lift Bremen above Wolfsburg into the relegation playoff place. Wolfsburg, which hasn鈥檛 won its last six games, visits Stuttgart on Sunday.
Heidenheim remained last, nine points from safety after St. Pauli held on for a 1-0 win at high-flying Hoffenheim.
Mathias Pereira Lage scored for St. Pauli before the break, lifting the Hamburg-based club out of the relegation zone after its third win from four games.
Kevin Diks scored a stoppage-time penalty for Borussia M枚nchengladbach to beat Union Berlin 1-0 and end the Foals鈥� seven-game winless run.
Jarell Quansah scored late for Bayer Leverkusen to salvage a 1-1 draw with Mainz, canceling Sheraldo Becker鈥檚 second-half volley for Mainz.
But the draw is a blow to Leverkusen鈥檚 hopes of reaching fourth place in the race for Champions League qualification. Leverkusen remained sixth, and both Stuttgart and Leipzig could pull further away. Leipzig visits Hamburger SV on Sunday.
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