Harry Kane scores 4 targets in Bayern’s 9-2 rout of Zagreb and breaks a file that Wayne Rooney held

Bayern’s Harry Kane scores his sides seventh aim and his 4th of the sport from the penalty spot through the Champions League opening section soccer match between Bayern Munich and GNK Dinamo on the Allianz Area in Munich, Germany on September 17, 2024.
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Harry Kane broke Wayne Rooney’s file for probably the most Champions League targets by an English participant when the Bayern Munich striker scored 4 occasions in opposition to Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.

It was considered one of a number of data damaged as Bayern routed Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 in one of many highest-scoring video games in Champions League historical past — and an emphatic begin to European competitors for brand spanking new coach Vincent Kompany.

“Superb sport, a little bit of a loopy sport for positive,” Kane advised broadcaster DAZN. “To attain all these targets in the long run was a fantastic evening.”

Kane took his tally to 33 within the competitors by scoring within the nineteenth, 53rd, 73rd and 78th minutes — three of the targets had been penalties — to surpass Rooney’s file of 30.

“To be sincere, after the second (penalty) I didn’t actually know what to do with the third one, however fortunately I used to be in a position to put it away,” Kane stated.

Kane opened the scoring from the penalty spot to provide Bayern the lead over the Croatian membership after his teammate Aleksandar Pavlovic was fouled by Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel.

That drew Kane degree with Rooney’s file of 30, and he scored his thirty first on a rebound after goalkeeper Ivan Nevistic parried Joshua Kimmich’s shot within the 57th.

Kane scored two extra from the penalty spot to increase his file.

4 different Bayern gamers scored within the emphatic win and there have been two targets for brand spanking new signing Michael Olise on his Champions League debut after signing from Crystal Palace.

Leon Goretzka’s header in stoppage time made Bayern the primary staff to attain 9 targets within the Champions League period. Some groups, together with Bayern, achieved that feat within the previous European Cup. It was the highest-scoring sport within the competitors by way of complete targets since Borussia Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8-4 in 2016, in keeping with UEFA.

The 31-year-old Kane has scored 12 Champions League targets since transferring to Bayern a 12 months in the past and scored 21 earlier than that for Tottenham.

Kane now has 53 targets in 50 video games in all competitions since transferring to Bayern.

Kane has scored 9 targets in his final three video games for membership and nation together with two for England in opposition to Finland in his a hundredth worldwide sport and a hat trick Saturday for Bayern in opposition to Holstein Kiel within the Bundesliga.

Kane and Kylian Mbappé had been joint high scorers in final season’s Champions League with eight targets every.

One other file was damaged when Thomas Müller got here off the bench to play his 152nd Champions League sport for Bayern. That’s probably the most for a participant for one membership, breaking a tie with former Barcelona participant Xavi Hernandez. Müller has made the joint fourth-most appearances within the competitors of any participant.