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Kimmich, Guerreiro and Karl capitalise on Castrop red De Bruyne off injured after scoring as Napoli beat Inter Bayern Munich needed more than an hour before breaking the resistance of Borussia Mönchengladbach, to earn a 3-0 victory over opponents who spent more than 75% of the game with 10 men. It was the Bundesliga leaders’ 13th win in 13 matches across all competitions this season. Joshua Kimmich slotted in after 64 minutes and the substitute Raphaël Guerreiro added another five minutes later before the teenager Lennart Karl, who had scored in their Champions League win over Club Brugge on Wednesday, made it 3-0 in the 81st. Bayern have a maximum 24 points from eight league matches, five ahead of RB Leipzig, 6-0 winners at Augsburg. Bayern, who set a league record with 30 goals from eight games, almost took the lead after 55 seconds with Harry Kane combining with Nicolas Jackson to send Luis Díaz through, but the Colombian missed the target. Gladbach put up a fight but their game plans looked to be going out the window in the 18th minute following the dismissal of Jens Castrop, who received a straight red card for a studs-up challenge. The hosts retreated but Bayern still did not get a single shot on or off target after Díaz’s missed early chance until a weak effort from Kane in the 43rd minute. It was one-way traffic after the break, with Michael Olise missing a double chance in the 50th minute and Kane’s effort a little later ruled offside. Kimmich finally broke the deadlock in the 64th minute, finding enough space in the crowded box to stab in before Guerreiro doubled their lead six minutes later. Karl then curled a shot into the top corner to finish the job in the 81st minute for his first Bundesliga goal. Kevin Stöger had the chance to get Gladbach back in the game but he sent his 75th-minute penalty on to a post. Bottom-placed Gladbach are now 15 league games without a win, a club record. Maximilian Beier scored deep in to second-half stoppage-time to earn Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 victory over Cologne. Both teams had chances in the first half with the Cologne goalkeeper, Marvin Schwaebe, making a string of fine saves, including point-blank ones from Karim Adeyemi and Serhou Guirassy. Cologne had to play with 10 men in the closing minutes when Timo Huebers was taken off on a stretcher having used all their substitutes. The hosts piled on the pressure with Schwaebe tipping a deflected Julian Brandt shot wide before he was eventually beaten by Beier’s deflected in the sixth minute of stoppage time. Kevin De Bruyne converted a penalty before going off injured as Napoli secured a 3-1 home victory over Inter in Serie A. Scott Mc Tominay and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa completed the win for Napoli who moved about Milan at the top of the table. Henrikh Mkhitaryan conceded the penalty after half an hour which De Bruyne calmly converted before clutching the back of his right thigh. His teammates consoled him as he grimaced and left the pitch before returning to the substitutes’ bench with crutches. De Bruyne’s injury added to Napoli’s growing list of absentees, which includes Rasmus Hojlund, Stanislav Lobotka and goalkeeper Alex Meret. Mc Tominay doubled Napoli’s lead in the 54th minute with a precise finish, latching on to a long ball from Leonardo Spinazzola. Hakan Calhanoglu pulled one back for Inter from the penalty spot in the 59th minute by a moment of brilliance from Zambo Anguissa in the 66th minute restored Napoli’s two-goal advantage. Afterwards the Scot admitted he was not expecting such a delivery from Spinazzola. “I lost the ball in the lights, so the pass took me by surprise, the lights are so bright I couldn’t see it. Then I just thought to shoot, ” he told Dazn. “Leo is a top player, he put in some great passes this year, now we need to find that consistency so we can continue to push. ” In the late game in Italy, Jamie Vardy scored his first goal for Cremonese to give them a 78th-minute lead against Atalanta, but Marco Brescianini equalised.
Achraf Hakimi scored twice to lead Paris Saint-Germain to a 3-0 victory over Brest in Ligue 1. Hakimi put PSG in front in the 29th minute with a right-footed volley and doubled the lead 10 minutes later after an assist from Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Désiré Doué sealed the win in added time.