Harry Kane’s pursuit of Champions League history continued even as Bayern Munich were left frustrated by a 3-3 draw with Viking, a night in which a two-goal deficit was overturned before Michael Olise’s dismissal halted the visitors’ momentum.
Kane drives Bayern’s recovery
- Viking established a 2-0 advantage, leaving Bayern with a major task in the second half.
- Kane began the fightback in the 54th minute, converting a penalty won by Konrad Laimer.
- Six minutes later, the England captain met Joshua Kimmich’s delivery with a header to make it 2-2.
- In the 71st minute, Kane lifted a pass beyond the defence to find the unmarked Laimer, whose ball across allowed Luis Díaz to finish for Bayern’s temporary 3-2 lead.
- Viking recovered to claim a 3-3 draw, while Olise’s red card changed the closing stages of the contest.
The draw denied Bayern the win their second-half revival appeared to have earned, but Kane again supplied the defining attacking contribution. His two goals took him to 450 in professional club football.
- Leicester: 2 goals
- Leyton Orient: 5 goals
- Millwall: 9 goals
- Tottenham: 280 goals
- Bayern Munich: 154 goals
A rare Champions League scoring sequence
Kane has now scored in nine consecutive Champions League appearances, a run stretching back to January. Only Cristiano Ronaldo has recorded a longer scoring streak in the competition: 11 matches between June 2017 and April 2018.
His latest double also moved him beyond Ruud van Nistelrooy’s 56 Champions League goals. Kane now has 57, level with former Bayern forward Thomas Müller and inside the competition’s all-time top eight.
Across Bayern and England duty this season, Kane has produced 14 goals and five assists from 13 matches. Yet the individual landmarks did little to soften his disappointment after Bayern failed to take all three points.
Kane calls for Bayern to learn
Kane felt the dismissal prevented Bayern from turning their spell of control into a decisive finish. “Without the red card, we would have kept hurting them and closed the game strongly,” he said. “But this is football. You have to be clever and manage your emotions. We will make sure we improve as a team. We win together, lose together and draw together. We know we must cut out the mistakes, and we will.”
The striker also pointed to Bayern’s troubled opening period as the foundation of the result. “Our first half was poor,” Kane said. “We started the second well and fought back, but the sending-off altered everything. Based on what we showed after the break, we should have won, but mistakes are punished.”
For Bayern, the European week ends with a recovery that showed their attacking force but also exposed the cost of early errors. For Kane, another historic Champions League step arrived on a night when the result still felt like one missed.
