MUNICH — Harry Kane trained following a calf injury and is traveling with the Bayern Munich squad to Italy on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League game at Atalanta.
Kane missed Friday’s 4-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga with what coach Vincent Kompany described as a “knock on his calf.” Nicolas Jackson played in his place and scored as Bayern continued its push for the German title.
The England captain’s movement didn’t seem to be affected Monday as he strode out for training and joined teammates in some exercises with the ball.
Bayern heads to Italy aiming to continue a run of reaching at least the Champions League quarterfinals in each of the last six seasons.
Atalanta managed a remarkable turnaround at home in Bergamo in the previous round to eliminate another German team, beating Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on aggregate, but are winless in three Italian league and cup games since then leaving them seventh in Serie A.
Kompany, though, said there can be no complacency from his side at the New Balance Arena on Tuesday night.
“We are playing against a physically strong team,” the Belgian said at a press conference. “The way Atalanta press has been impressive for several years, that has been a big part of their success.
“They have got experience in Europe, claimed a convincing win over an impressive Leverkusen side — they are no easy opponent, nobody should underestimate them.”
Bayern lead Dortmund by 11 points in the table with nine games left to play in the Bundesliga season.
Information from PA and The Associated Press was used in this report.
