Harry Kane‘s opener for Bayern Munich in their Champions League semifinal first leg at Paris Saint-Germain saw the striker break an English record.
The striker made no mistake from the penalty spot after his teammate Luis Díaz was brought down in the area.
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He extended his scoring streak to a sixth consecutive Champions League match, which is now the highest of any English player in the competition.
It breaks a tie between him and Steven Gerrard, who notched in five games on the spin for Liverpool in 2007-08. Cristiano Ronaldo has the longest streak overall, scoring in 11 consecutive matches.
Widening the scope to all competitions, and Kane has scored in his last eight matches, which is a club career joint-best, matched only by his red-hot form at the start of the season.
It’s part of what has already been a highly fruitful season for the England captain, as he hit his 54th in all competitions this season. It’s the most by any player in a club in Europe’s top five leagues since Bayern’s very own Robert Lewandowski racked up 55 in the 2019-20 campaign.
Bayern must overcome a one-goal deficit in Bavaria next Wednesday after losing an incredible first leg at the Parc des Princes 5-4.
The German champions were staring down the barrel at 5-2 down after 58 minutes until goals from Dayot Upamecano and Luis Díaz gave them real hope of completing an extraordinary comeback.
“I think you saw two high-level teams out there,” Kane told Amazon Prime. “Especially in the attacking play, in the transition, the speed, the intensity, in the one-v-one battles. Two of the top teams going toe to toe.
“We had moments where we could have killed the game earlier on. We take a lot of pride in the fact that we got back to 5-4 because away from home, and being 5-2 down, could be a really tough place to be.
“But we fought and we clawed and we’re back in the tie.”
After Kane’s opener, PSG then led 2-1 and 3-2 as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, João Neves and Ousmane Dembélé, with the game’s second penalty, struck, while Michael Olise was on target for Bayern with a 20-yard thunderbolt.
Clinical second-half finishes from Kvaratskhelia and Dembélé put PSG in command, but Bayern scored twice in three minutes midway through the half to throw the tie back into the melting pot.
Kane said: “As the game went on, we got better and better. They started to tire, so we’ll go to the Allianz Arena and try and bring the same intensity.
“There was a lot of moments out there and it’s probably going to be the same next week.
“So us being at home with the crowd behind us at the Allianz Arena, we hope that can push us over the line.”
PA contributed to this report.
