Kane rescues late draw as Bayern's winning run ends
Harry Kane headed in a stoppage-time equaliser to avoid Bayern Munich's first defeat of the season but a 2-2 draw at Union Berlin ended its record winning start across all competitions.
Union thought it had bagged a first win over Bayern in the club's history with Danilho Doekhi's second goal in the 83rd minute, but Kane headed in the leveller to silence the home crowd.
Bayern, which had made it 16 victories from 16 games with a 2-1 win at UEFA Champions League holder Paris Saint-Germain in midweek – a record run for Europe's top five leagues – looked to have run out of steam against the hard-working Berliners.
The result left it one win short of its own league record of 10 straight victories at the start of the 2015-2016 season.
"It was a tough game. It wasn't our best game, but we stayed focused and managed to equalise," Kane said.
"That's football, there are games like today where things go against you. We'll take the point.
"It would've been worse to go into the international break with a defeat. We can keep the momentum going with this draw. 16 wins in a row is incredible but now that it is over, it won't be the main talking point anymore. We move on."
The hosts thought they had taken the lead through Ilyas Ansah's ninth-minute header but the fans were bitterly disappointed after the referee ruled it marginally offside after a video assistant (VAR) review.
They still had the upper hand and earned a deserved lead in the 27th when Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer let Doekhi's weak shot slip through his hands and under his body.
It was the first time Bayern had conceded a first-half goal in the Bundesliga this season and the first time it had trailed.
Luis Diaz, who scored twice and was sent off against PSG, drew the visitors level after playing a superb one-two with Josip Stanisic, sliding to keep the ball in play and curling a shot from near the sideline into the far top corner.
The Colombian should have scored again in the 45th after he was sent through by Kane but he missed the target with only the keeper to beat.
It was the hosts who scored again in the 83rd when Dutchman Doekhi volleyed in after Kane failed to clear a free kick.
The England captain, however, made amends with his 13th league goal of the season to rescue a point for the visitors.
Bayern remains unbeaten in its past 19 games in the Bundesliga, and still tops the Bundesliga on 28 points, six ahead of RB Leipzig, which lost 3-1 at Hoffenheim.
Borussia Dortmund, which also drew its match – 1-1 against Hamburger SV – is third on 21.
