Bayern Munich has one foot in the quarterfinals of the Champions League after they have defeated Bundesliga-rival Bayer Leverkusen 3-0.
Match report
The Bundesliga leaders made light work from the team that they want to expel as champions in Allianz Arena, where the side of Xabi Alonso was reduced to 10 men.
Bayern went on on Wednesday within nine minutes, with Kane home from Michael Olise's right -wing cross.
A goalkeeper error of Leverkusen's Matej Kovar, while he dropped the cross of Joshua Kimmich, allowing Jamal Musiala to tap a point-blank range early in the second half.
Things were made worse for the visitors when Nordi Mukiele received his second yellow card after polluting Kingsley Coman.
Kane then worsened the frustration of Alonso and finished cool of the penalty place after referee Michael Oliver considered the captain of England to be stopped by Edmond Tapsoba after a VAR review.
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After having earned their first victory over Alonso's Leverkusen, Bayern is now going on the second stage of next week with a considerable advantage.
The winner of this draw will be confronted with Feyenoord or Inter in the last eight.
Data Debrief: King Harry strikes again
Kane has now scored 30+ goals in a season for the seventh time in his club career.
Since the first season he did (2014-15), only Robert Lewandowski has more 30+ goal campaigns (nine) for clubs in Europe's Big-Five Leagues.
With its double, Kane has now contributed to 48 Champions League goals. Among English players, only David Beckham (52) has registered more target contributions in the competition.
Match -Events
9 'Kane with a perfect header opens the scoring! Bayern 1-0 Leverkusen
54 'goal! Bayern 2-0 Leverkusen (Jamal Musiala)
62 'Red card! Nordi Mukiele sent
75 'Criminal goal! Bayern 3-0 Leverkusen (Harry Kane)
Line-ups
Bayern XI: Neuer, Kane, Goretzka, Kimmich, COMAN, LAIMER, UPAMECANO, Alphonso Davies, Min-Jae Kim, Musiala, Olise
Subs: Ulreich, Muller, Guerreiro, Gnabry, Dier, Sane, Palhinha, Hiroki Ito, Boey, Stanisic, Jonas Urbig, Gabriel Vidovic
Leverkusen XI: Xhaka, Grimaldo, Tah, Hermoso, Mukiele, Exequiel Palacios, Kovar, Jeremie Frimpong, Hincapie, ADLI, Wirtz
Subs: Hradecky, Lomb, Hofmann, Schick, A.García, Buendia, Tapsoba, Tella, Victor Boniface, Arthur
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