Harry Kane has turn out to be the primary English participant to hit 50 Champions League targets, scoring twice as Bayern Munich humbled Atalanta to finish a 10-2 mixture win.
Following up their 6-1 victory in Bergamo with a 4-1 house success on the Allianz Enviornment, the Bundesliga giants have now arrange a mouth-watering quarter-final tie in opposition to Actual Madrid.
Kane scored Bayern’s opening two targets in opposition to Atalanta, a retaken penalty and a brilliantly labored second, to convey up his half-century in 66 video games – the identical quantity it took Lionel Messi and 25 fewer than Cristiano Ronaldo – and take his season’s tally to 47.
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Manchester Metropolis’s Erling Haaland holds the file for reaching 50 the quickest, having bought there in 49 video games.
Kane poses along with his player-of-the-match award – S. Mellar/Getty Pictures
Lennart Karl and Luis Diaz added to the scoring as Bayern racked up double figures for the tie, earlier than a late comfort from Lazar Samardzic.
Bayern’s opener got here after Giorgio Scalvini’s handball handed the hosts a penalty, however it was removed from simple, Kane seeing his spot-kick saved solely to get a second probability attributable to early motion from goalkeeper Marco Sportiello. There was little doubt in regards to the retake, Kane breaking the impasse. It was the 14th penalty Kane had scored this season in all competitions.
With their finest not fairly adequate, Atalanta might solely stand by as Kane then introduced up his Champions League milestone, netting a magnificence within the 54th minute. With loads of work to do as he approached the field, he confirmed excellent footwork to earn himself a capturing alternative earlier than hammering house a rising effort.
“With such a lead from the primary leg, it’s simple to be complacent,” stated Kane, who was already the highest-scoring Englishman within the competitors’s historical past. “However we stated that we wished to win with the similar model because the ⁠first leg.
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“Credit score to the boys, we had been there from the primary to the final minute. A few of the kids bought their debuts. Total we might be joyful.”
Kane has scored 47 targets in 39 aggressive matches this season, greater than every other participant within the high 5 European leagues. His scoring ​prowess might be wanted ⁠once more subsequent month of their two-leg quarter-final in opposition to 15-time European champions Actual.
“It’ll be a tricky recreation,” Kane added. “Everytime you ⁠face Actual Madrid in ​the Champions League, you count on a battle. However we’ll be prepared. We don’t worry anybody, even ​although it’s going to be powerful.”