Harry Kane inspired Neymar and Mario Balotelli to adjust his fine technique.
This season, the captain of England scored 35 goals in 42 games in all games for Bayern Munich.
Kane acknowledged that he is constantly looking for ways to improve, but explaining his changing mindset when it comes to punishment.
Power and precision marked its most important method, but now, after studying Brazilian legend Neymar and former Manchester City Vooruit Balotelli, Kane is waiting for the goalkeeper's movement.
“Over the years there have been quite a few players who have taken such fines,” England's captain told TNT Sports Brasil.
“I think [some players] Gop in my head, Balotelli was like that, Neymar was like that.
“There have been players who wait for the keeper before they touched him. That was never anything that I used to do, I used to go for more strength and precision.”
Kane could not show off his new Spot-Kick technique on Wednesday when Bayern was held into a 2-2 draw by Inter at San Siro, which means that they lost their quarter-final game of Champions League by a 4-3 total score.
However, he scored the opening goal of Bayern, which means that he has now noticed against 21 different opponents in the Champions League, who improved Paul Scholes (20) as the Englishman who scored against most opponents in the competition.
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Despite the fact that Kane assesses the respective styles of Neymar and Balotelli, his penalty record is superior to that duo while playing in Europe's top five competitions.
Kane missed only six of its 69 penalties with a conversion rate of 91%, compared to the 82% of Neymar (40 scored from 49) and 87% for Balotelli, who has converted 33 of his 38 Spot kicks (all competitions, with teams from Top five competitions).
The former striker of Tottenham missed two penalties in large tournaments, staggering in the delayed Euro 2020 semi -final against Denmark but scored from the rebound and then blazing in the quarterfinals of 2022 against France.
“When I missed that penalty in the World Cup, I felt that there was something that I could change, especially if you take two punishments in a game,” he said about lifting high and wide of Hugo Lloris's goal in Qatar.
“It's something I wanted to try to improve. Fortunately it has been good since then.”
Improvement remains the most important way of thinking for Kane, despite its remarkable returns for the goal.
Since the beginning of last season, Kane has been directly involved in more goals (101) and scored more (79) than any other player from Europe's Big Five Leagues in all competitions.
“I always try to find small ways to get better,” he said. “That [penalty taking] Is one of them. It has certainly helped my penalties since then.
“I am clearly on a good run. I just have to keep doing what I do.”