FREIBURG, Germany (AP) 鈥� The 鈥渃urse鈥� has been lifted.
Harry Kane can finally celebrate his first career title after Bayern Munich became Bundesliga champion on Sunday with a little help from Freiburg.
Freiburg drew with second-placed Bayer Leverkusen 2-2 to leave Bayern an unassailable eight points clear of the 2024 champion with two rounds of the German league remaining.
Kane had never won a title in a career of runner-up finishes and individual top scorer awards with England and Tottenham, leading some to speak of a 鈥渃urse鈥� against a player considered one of the world鈥檚 best forwards.
Kane was when Bayern looked set to win 3-2 in Leipzig. But Yussuf Poulsen equalized with the last kick of the game for Leipzig to draw 3-3 and postpone Bayern鈥檚 party for one day at least.
鈥淣ext week, Harry!鈥� teammate Thomas M眉ller wrote on Instagram.
He didn鈥檛 have to wait that long.
Leverkusen played without conviction in Freiburg, where Mat臎j Kov谩艡 saved the game鈥檚 first real chance from Patrick Osterhage but was powerless to stop Maximilian Eggestein from firing the home team ahead before the break.
An own-goal from Piero Hincapie after the break 鈥� while trying to prevent Junior Adamu from scoring 鈥� put Freiburg in control.
Leverkusen had to wait till the 82nd minute for Florian Wirtz to pull one back with his team鈥檚 first shot on target.
Jonathan Tah equalized with the next in stoppage time, but it made no difference for the new league champion.
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