Harry Kane claims he is ‘more suited’ to Champions League than Bundesliga

Harry Kane believes the Champions League gives strikers more opportunities than the Bundesliga after scoring twice in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 win over Chelsea on Wednesday night.

The England captain opened his account from the penalty spot after being fouled by Moises Caicedo, before adding a second when Bayern’s press forced an error from Malo Gusto, allowing the ball to break kindly for him to slot home at the far post.

“I always feel like in the Champions League you create maybe more chances than the Bundesliga, the games are maybe a bit more open, and that suits me,” Kane told DAZN.

“Hopefully I can get more than 11 this year,” he added, referencing his tally from last season’s competition.

Now 32, Kane has started his third in Germany in blistering form, hitting nine goals in five matches across all competitions – 10 in six if the German Supercup is included.

“It’s always the aim to improve and get better,” he added.

Bayern went ahead early when Michael Olise forced Trevoh Chalobah into an own goal, and while Chelsea briefly fought back through Cole Palmer’s well-taken equaliser, the visitors faded as the match wore on. Palmer thought he had a second after a sharp finish late in the game, but VAR ruled it out for offside.

The result means Bayern have now beaten Chelsea three times in a row since their famous 2012 Champions League final defeat. Kane was delighted with the performance:

“Top performance against a really good side,” he said.

“We spoke before the game that we were playing the club world champions and we had to be on it from the start, and we were.”

Kane also highlighted Bayern’s intensity without the ball as a decisive factor in their victory: “I think with the ball possession, making angles, helping each other.

“You saw me and Serge [Gnabry] drop in quite a lot to make it difficult for them to press. They were always kind of minus one and as the game went on, I felt like they got more tired, the spaces opened up and we were able to exploit that.”

His second goal underlined that point, coming directly from Bayern’s high pressing.

“We talk a lot about when the other teams try and play, you know we’re always two or three seconds away from having a chance ourselves,” he explained.

“You saw that with the pressure and you saw that throughout the whole game. There were opportunities that we had when we won the ball back quickly, so yeah, it kind of fell to me in a nice place and it was a good finish.”

Kane was substituted in stoppage time for Nicolas Jackson, the Chelsea loanee, who came on against his parent club but had little impact aside from a speculative long-range effort.