Harry Kane stayed on course to break the record for Bundesliga goals in a season with his 21st strike as Bayern Munich beat Wolfsburg.
Jamal Musiala headed Bayern ahead from Thomas Muller’s cross.
England captain Kane then smashed in a wonderful effort from 25 yards out, in only his 15th German top-flight game.
Maximilian Arnold’s long-range strike just before the break gave Wolfsburg hope and he was denied an injury-time equaliser by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Kane is the first player to score as many as 21 Bundesliga goals in his first 15 games in the competition.
When Robert Lewandowski scored a record 41 Bundesliga goals in 2020-21 for Bayern, he was on 20 goals after 15 games.
Including the second half of last season with Tottenham, Kane has scored 38 league goals in 2023, four above second-placed Kylian Mbappe in Europe’s top five leagues.
With five assists included, Kane has been involved in 26 Bundesliga goals this season, as many as the player with the most goal involvements in the whole of last season, Randal Kolo Muani.
Despite Kane’s goalscoring exploits, Bayern go into the winter break four points behind surprise leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
Xabi Alonso’s side beat Bochum 4-0 with Patrik Schick scoring a hat-trick, his first three Bundesliga goals of the season.
Line-ups
Wolfsburg
Formation 3-1-4-2
- 1Casteels
- 3Bornauw
- 25Jenz
- 5ZesigerBooked at 11minsSubstituted forOliveira da Silvaat 45′minutes
- 6Vranckx
- 20BakuBooked at 59minsSubstituted forCernyat 84′minutes
- 32SvanbergSubstituted forParedesat 72′minutes
- 27Arnold
- 21Mæhle
- 23Wind
- 19MajerBooked at 46minsSubstituted forBarreiros de Melo Tomásat 52′minutesBooked at 90mins
Substitutes
- 2Fischer
- 7Cerny
- 8Cozza
- 11Barreiros de Melo Tomás
- 12Pervan
- 13Oliveira da Silva
- 16Kaminski
- 31Gerhardt
- 40Paredes
Bayern Munich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1Neuer
- 27Laimer
- 2Upamecano
- 3Kim Min-jae
- 19Davies
- 45PavlovicBooked at 20mins
- 22GuerreiroBooked at 90mins
- 10Sané
- 25MüllerSubstituted forde Ligtat 63′minutes
- 42MusialaSubstituted forChoupo-Motingat 90+3′minutes
- 9Kane
Substitutes
- 4de Ligt
- 13Choupo-Moting
- 18Peretz
- 36Aséko Nkili
- 39Tel
- 41Krätzig
- Referee:
- Sascha Stegemann
- Attendance:
- 28,917
Live Text
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Match ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, FC Bayern München 2.
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Second Half ends, VfL Wolfsburg 1, FC Bayern München 2.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Eric Choupo-Moting replaces Jamal Musiala.
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Attempt saved. Maximilian Arnold (VfL Wolfsburg) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Václav Cerny.
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Raphaël Guerreiro (FC Bayern München) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Raphaël Guerreiro (FC Bayern München).
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Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg) is shown the yellow card.
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(FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg).
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Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Maximilian Arnold.
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Raphaël Guerreiro (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Václav Cerny (VfL Wolfsburg).
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Attempt missed. Aleksandar Pavlovic (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Konrad Laimer.
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Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Aster Vranckx (VfL Wolfsburg).
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Substitution, VfL Wolfsburg. Václav Cerny replaces Ridle Baku.
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Attempt saved. Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
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Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg).