Harry Kane scored from a penalty and Thomas Müller found the net in his club-record 710th game as Bayern Munich defeated Freiburg 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Müller, who replaced new signing Michael Olise in the 59th minute, set a new club record for most games played, surpassing the previous mark of 709 games held by legendary goalkeeper Sepp Maier.
Müller’s goal came in the 78th minute. He took control of a cross from Serge Gnabry, managed to maneuver around Freiburg’s Maximilian Eggestein with one touch, and then shot the ball past goalkeeper Florian Müller.
“Records aren’t so important for me, to be honest, instead it’s that I scored a really beautiful goal,” Müller said to DAZN. “Outstanding technique and then it goes in too, that’s what’s fun for me.”
This goal was Müller’s 150th in his Bundesliga career and extended his streak of scoring in 16 consecutive top-tier German seasons back to the 2009-10 season.
The 34-year-old forward set a club record for the second consecutive game after surpassing Maier’s record for most Bundesliga games with Bayern last week.
Earlier in the match, Kane scored his first Bundesliga goal of the season from a penalty after being fouled by Freiburg defender Max Rosenfelder. The referee initially did not award the penalty but changed the decision after reviewing video footage.
In added time, João Palhinha, a new signing for Bayern, committed a handball that led to another penalty opportunity for Freiburg. However, Lucas Höler missed the chance by firing over the bar, keeping Bayern’s clean sheet intact in Vincent Kompany’s first home game as coach.
