Englishman Harry Kane enters Champions League record books: Details here
What's the story
Harry Kane played a key role as Bayern Munich reached the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals after taming Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 in the round of 16 second leg clash.
Kane scored and made an assist to enter Champions League record books as an Englishman.
The 2-0 win comes after Bayern had earlier defeated Leverkusen 3-0 in the first leg, prevailing 5-0 on aggregate.
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Records
Kane makes these records
As per Opta, Kane is now the first ever English player to score 10 goals in a single European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign. He owns 10 goals this season from 11 matches.
Meanwhile, Kane became the second Englishman with 50+ goals and assists combined in UEFA Champions League history (39 goals, 11 assists), along with David Beckham (16 goals, 36 assists).
Numbers
Kane races to 76 goals for Bayern Munich
Kane owns 76 goals for Bayern in all comeptitions from 81 matches. He also owns 22 assists.
He has 32 goals this season, including 10 in the Champions League. Kane is now involved in 42 goals this season (G32, A10).
Last season, Kane smashed a record 44 goals in 45 matches for Bayern. The former Tottenham forward had also chipped in with 12 assists.
Match
Kane helps Bayern beat Leverkusen
Bayern saw Michael Olise and Kingsley Coman fire narrowly wide in a goalless first half.
In the 2nd half, Vincent Kompany's Bayern put the tie beyond Leverkusen's reach when Patrik Schick's attempted clearance of a Joshua Kimmich free-kick fell straight at the feet of Kane. The English striker scored from a few yards out.
Later on, Kane assisted Alphonso Davies with a cross.
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36th quarter-final appearance for Bayern
Bayern have qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Cup/Champions League for the 36th time in the competiton's history. Only Real Madrid (39) have more appearances. Real can extend the number to 40 if they overcome Atletico Madrid in this season's R16.
Twitter Post
History made
Harry Kane is the first Englishman to score 🔟 goals in a single Champions League / European Cup campaign. 🏴⚽️#FCBayern #MiaSanMia #UCL pic.twitter.com/sJkD05iMAG
— FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) March 11, 2025