Harry Kane could make history in the UEFA Champions League for Bayern Munich as they face Manchester United.
If he scores tonight, the striker will become the first Englishman ever to score against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Champions League.
While plenty of English players have netted at Old Trafford in the competition, they have all been playing for United.
If Harry Kane scores tonight, he'll become the first English player to score for a foreign team in the UEFA Champions League at Old Trafford 🏴🔴 pic.twitter.com/aTby52pkON
— LiveScore (@livescore) December 12, 2023
England captain Kane has been in lethal form since joining Bundesliga outfit Bayern. He arrived at the German club from Tottenham in a deal worth £86 million this summer.
Since then, Kane has notched up 22 goals in just 19 appearances. His first goal for Bayern came on his Bundesliga debut in a 4-0 victory over Werder Bremen in August.
Kane scored two against FC Augsburg in the following game, and bagged a hat-trick in his fifth league game against VfL Bochum. He also has seven assists for his club this campaign.
Harry Kane Career Stats
Harry Kane made his senior debut against Rochdale while on loan with Leyton Orient in 2011. He scored five times in 18 League One appearances for Orient.
As a youngster, Kane also had loan spells with Millwall, Leicester City and Norwich. Eventually breaking into the Tottenham senior squad in 2012, he made his Premier League debut for Spurs against Newcastle before joining Norwich for the season.
A metatarsal injury limited his game time with the Canaries, and a further loan to Leicester followed. Kane’s breakthrough season came in 2014/15, scoring 21 times in 34 Premier League games for Tottenham.
Since then, he has notched up 514 senior club appearances, scoring an incredible 318 goals. With 213 Premier League goals, Kane is second in the all-time scoring charts.
Alan Shearer’s record 260 goals in the league looks set to remain unbeaten for the foreseeable future now that Kane has moved abroad. Discussing Kane no longer being able to break the record, the former Newcastle forward joked: “If he wants to join Bayern, I’ll drive his car there myself, anything to protect my record!”
Kane has a superb record when facing tonight’s opponents Manchester United. In his past 11 games against the Red Devils, he has been involved in nine goals (five goals, four assists).
Kane’s Champions League Record
In the Champions League, Kane’s scoring record is equally impressive. He made his debut in the competition on 14 September 2016, playing 90 minutes as Spurs lost 2-1 to Ligue 1 side AS Monaco in Group E.
His first goal in the Champions League was against Monaco in the return fixture in the same season, with the striker also scoring against CSKA Moscow.
So far, Kane has managed 25 goals and seven assists in the competition, four of those goals coming this season for Bayern Munich. His best scoring season came in 2017/18, where he bagged seven in seven games for Spurs as they topped their group, before losing 4-3 to Italian Serie A giants Juventus in the round of 16.
Kane has already scored and assisted against Manchester United in the Champions League this season. He played in Leroy Sané for the opener after 28 minutes, before smashing home a penalty after former Spurs teammate Cristian Eriksen was penalised for handball.
Bayern won that game 4-3, and have already won Group A at a canter. With four wins and a draw so far, they are one of just six unbeaten sides left in the competition.
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