Harry Kane wrote history when Bayern Munich reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 5-0 win over aggregated on Bayer Leverkusen.
Kane scored a brace when Bayern won the first stage with 3-0 and he was also on goal in the second stage, which naked the opener on his side while defeating Leverkusen 2-0. That goal means that Kane has become the first English player to score 10 goals in a Champions League campaign.
He also became the second Englishman who reached 50 target contributions in the tournament when he helped Alphonso Davies, with former Manchester United and Real Madrid David Beckham the only other player who has reached the monument.
“He would always score goals in this team,” said former Bayern -midfielder Owen Hargreaves on TNT Sports. “He has [Joshua] Kimmich, he has [Jamal] Musiala, he has Thomas Muller, he has [Kingsley] Coman, he has [Michael] Olise …
“He can concentrate on scoring goals and he is probably the best in the world.
'If he falls now, Vincent [Kompany] Know that the Wingers Runs have to make and I think it's a perfect mix. In Munich they are surprised how good he is and how humble he is. Everyone respects that. The most important thing is that you have to lead the field and Harry does that. “
Bayern is now ready to meet Inter Milan in the quarterfinals after they have defeated Feyenoord in the last-16 and Kane has confidently about the opportunities of his side to make progress. “To beat this team 5-0 [on aggregate] Shows the type of team that we are and the path we are on, “he said.
“It is never easy to start with a 3-0 lead, but the intensity we showed, we had the better chances, we knew that the game would open in the second half and we took our chances.
“We don't try to listen to the noise too much, we know what we are capable of. This only gives us trust that they will perform against a top.”
When he was asked about his mile pale goal, Kane added: “I know I now have 10 in the Champions League, which is a nice song to have, but hopefully a few more [goals] to go. “
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