Bayern Munich’s 4-1 victory at Cologne on Wednesday helped them break the record for 14 consecutive victories in the German Cup second round.
With 22 goals in 14 games this season, Kane’s opener, incredible curling strike on the turn, and second-half header.
The 20-time German Cup winners also had scoring opportunities with wings Luis Diaz and Michael Olise.
Bayern fell for the first time in a game this year when Cologne’s Ragnar Ache scored the opener.
The previous best record in Europe’s top five leagues was broken by Bayern’s victory in the 1992-93 season-opening victory over the record of 13 victories won by Fabio Capello’s AC Milan.
In Bayern’s record-breaking run, Kane, the in-form England captain, has scored two hat-tricks and six braces but has failed to score in two of the previous 14 games.
In a 10-man Paderborn victory, Bayer Leverkusen won 4-2 after the 120-minute mark with two goals.
The 2024 German domestic double winners had a frustrating night until Ibrahim Maza, 19, saved Leverkusen’s blushes against their second-division rivals, who had not lost since August.
With Cologne pressing for an equaliser, Aleix Garcia boosted the outcome.
Alejandro Grimaldo’s 60th-minute free kick for Leverkusen, his fourth dead-ball goal this season, was stopped when Paderborn’s Stefano Marino scored in regular time.
Sven Michel gave Paderborn the lead after 96 minutes when they were reduced to 10 men before the hour for a last-man foul that resulted in Grimaldo’s free kick.
However, just before the extra-time break, former Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah scored the winning goal.
Leverkusen, who defeated Stuttgart 2-0 at Mainz thanks to goals from Luca Jaquez and Atakan Karazor, will join them in the 2023-24 series.
With six minutes left, center-back Jaquez rose high to head home. After Germany’s midfielder Angelo Stiller’s cunning dummy fooled the home defense, Karazor blasted in on the counter with 73 minutes left.
Loris Karius, a former Liverpool goalkeeper, was disappointed when Darmstadt defeated his Schalke side 4-0 to put up another disappointing performance.
Borussia Dortmund, Hertha Berlin, RB Leipzig, Hamburg, St Pauli, Borussia Moenchengladbach, Holstein Kiel, and Bochum join Wednesday’s other winners in the last 16.
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