4<\/p>\n Kane simply cannot stop scoring for Bayern this termCredit: Getty<\/p>\n His trio of strikes also took his season tally to an absurd 61 goals for Bayern<\/a> across all competitions, underlining his status as one of the world’s best.<\/a><\/p>\n Kane: Hat-trick in a final is something ‘I’ll remember forever’<\/p>\n “Knockout games this year have been big,” Kane told Premier Sports after the match.<\/p>\n “I’ve been able to help the team in a lot of situations, they’ve been able to help me. <\/p>\n “Going into this final, I felt it was my responsibility as much as anyone’s to get us over the line. I know I’m going to get chances, and I did again today. <\/p>\n Read more football news<\/p>\n “To score a hat-trick in a final is such a special feeling. It’s just memories that I’ll remember forever.”<\/p>\n Kane got the rout underway in the 55th minute when he found himself unmarked at the back post to meet Michael Olise’s cross with a powerful header that left Stuttgart gloveman Alexander Nubel with no chance.<\/p>\n His opener marked the first time he’d netted in a major final for club and country, although his goal quickly brought a stoppage in action.<\/p>\n Immediately after the ball hit the back of the net, hundreds of joyous Bayern supporters commemorated Kane’s goal by ripping flares.<\/p>\n Smoke and mirrors<\/p>\n But the volume of flares lit became problematic, as the entire pitch at the Olympiastadion in Berlin was cloaked in smoke, prompting referee Sven Jablonski to pause the game.<\/p>\n Jablonski then consulted with both goalkeepers and captains, assessing their visibility.<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n The pitch was not visible from above due to the smoke generated by flaresCredit: Premier Sports<\/p>\n The stoppage ultimately lasted five minutes before Jablonski resumed the action, although the players remained barely visible on the pitch from the broadcast.<\/p>\n Luckily for the players and officials, the smoke soon cleared, allowing the pace of play to ramp back up.<\/p>\n Kane doubled Bayern’s advantage in the 79th minute when he coolly slotted home from inside Stuttgart’s 18-yard box.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old then completed his hat-trick in second-half stoppage time from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n Kane was afforded a spot kick attempt after Stuttgart’s Angelo Stiller handled Olise’s cross.<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Kane has simply been unstoppable this season for Bayern<\/p>\n Harry Kane’s Bayern goals in 25\/26 broken down<\/p>\n Bundesliga: 31 games, 36 goals<\/p>\n Champions League: 13 games, 14 goals<\/p>\n DFB-Pokal: 6 games, 10 goals<\/p>\n DFL-Supercup: 1 game, 1 goal<\/p>\n Total: 51 games, 61 goals <\/p>\n Bayern’s win over Stuttgart was a dream way to sign off on a season that was one game shy of being invincible in domestic action.<\/p>\n Their only blemish in German football this term came against Augsburg in Bundesliga action on January 24, cruelling their aspirations for an unbeaten domestic campaign.<\/p>\n Rewriting the record books<\/p>\n As for Kane, his first goal completed a remarkable run in the DFB-Pokal given he scored in every round of the competition.<\/p>\n He became the third player to accomplish the outstanding feat and the first to do it since Dirk Kurtenbach, who did so in 1987.<\/p>\n Kane’s hat-trick in the final also took his tally in the competition this term to an absurd 10 goals in just six games.<\/p>\n Despite the mind-boggling haul, Kane does not have the record for the most goals scored in a single DFB-Pokal campaign.<\/p>\n That record belongs to legendary German striker Gerd Muller, who netted 11 times in 1976\/77.<\/p>\n 4<\/p>\n Nubel guessed the right way but Kane had too much zip on his penaltyCredit: Getty<\/p>\n However, one record which Kane claimed for himself was the fact his hat-trick in the final was the first perfect one, having scored with his left foot, right foot and head.<\/p>\n It was a feat Uwe Seeler, Roland Wohlfarth and Robert Lewandowski<\/a>, who have all previously scored hat-tricks in the DFB-Pokal final, did not manage.<\/p>\n No rest for the wicked<\/p>\n With Bayern’s season wrapped up, Kane now switches his attention to England’s World Cup<\/a> campaign.<\/p>\n The 32-year-old was the least surprising inclusion in Thomas Tuchel’s Three Lions squad<\/a> for the upcoming tournament, where he will look to add to his 78 international goals.<\/p>\n Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n Kane and his England<\/a> teammates will look to get their World Cup journey<\/a> off to a winning start on June 17 when they take on Croatia at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n The Three Lions then face Ghana at Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts on June 23 before rounding out the group stage four days later against Panama in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A remarkable Harry Kane hat-trick inspired Bayern Munich to DFB-Pokal glory over VfB Stuttgart. 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