HARRY Kane scored his 32nd goal of the campaign as Bayern Munich came from behind to beat Stuttgart 4-2 and claim a record-extending 35th Bundesliga title.
After nearest challengers Borussia Dortmund fell to defeat at Hoffenheim on Saturday, Bayern needed only a draw to win a 13th title in 14 seasons.
But, as has been the case all season, they turned on the style and came from behind to beat Champions League-chasing Stuttgart 4-2.
Victory keeps Bayern’s hopes of winning the Treble alive, with semi-finals against Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup and Paris St-Germain in the Champions League to come this month.
Raphael Guerreiro, Nicolas Jackson, and Alphonso Davies joined Kane on the scoresheet, while Chris Fuehrich and Chema Andres scored for the visitors as Bayern won the title with four matches to spare.
The title victory once again illustrated Bayern’s modern and historical dominance of German football.
The Bavarian giants have now won 13 of the past 14 Bundesliga titles, and have 35 league titles, with no other team reaching double figures.
Bayern’s wealth and influence outshine all of their domestic rivals, and this season has been truly remarkable.
Bayern have scored 109 goals, the most in Bundesliga history and eight more than the previous record set back in 1971-72, with four games remaining.
Free-scoring Bayern have 79 points and a goal difference of 80.
If the season ended today, Bayern would become the first team to have a greater goal difference than points tally in Bundesliga history.
With four wins in their remaining four games, Bayern could bring up 91 points, equalling the best mark set by their treble-bound side in 2012-13.
Then there are the individual records.
Kane, who became the first Englishman since 1930-31 to reach a half-century of goals in a season in all competitions on Wednesday, can still reach Robert Lewandowski’s single-season goals record of 41.
The England captain has 32 goals from his 27 games this campaign and is in with an outside chance of catching Lewandowski.
Michael Olise has 18 assists, three shy of the all-time mark set by Thomas Mueller in 2019-20.
Earlier on Sunday, Freiburg pushed last-placed Heidenheim closer to the drop with a 2-1 home win.
Johan Manzambi put the Europa League semi-finalists ahead after 24 minutes, but Heidenheim’s Budu Zivzivadze levelled things up just before the hour mark.
Freiburg’s Maximilian Eggestein scored the winner with seven minutes remaining to help his side leapfrog Eintracht Frankfurt into seventh spot.
The defeat leaves Heidenheim, who hosted Chelsea in the Europa Conference League last season, seven points behind the relegation play-off spot and 11 from safety with four games to play.
Later on Sunday, Borussia Moenchengladbach hosts Mainz.