He’s executed it once more. Harry Kane scored twice to steer Bayern Munich into the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 3-0 win over Lazio on Tuesday.
Kane’s thirty second and thirty third targets this season for Bayern ensured the Bavarian powerhouse recovered from dropping the primary leg of the final 16 tie 1-0 in Rome to win 3-1 on mixture over two legs.
“A perfect night for us,” mentioned Kane, the person of the match. The win will ease the stress on Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel, whose untimely departure on the finish of the season was introduced by Bayern after the crew’s three-game dropping run — together with the defeat in Rome.
Bayern’s new sporting director Max Eberl mentioned earlier than Tuesday’s recreation that Tuchel would stay in cost afterward even when the crew misplaced, however there had been a sense defeat would deliver ahead the coach’s exit.
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Bayern, which is 10 factors behind Bayer Leverkusen within the Bundesliga, was going through the prospect of simply its second elimination in 12 appearances at this stage of the Champions League.
“If we had been eliminated today, it would have been more than unfortunate,” Bayern president Herbert Hainer mentioned. Kane broke the impasse within the thirty eighth minute after Ciro Immobile had gone shut for Lazio on the different finish.
Thomas Müller headed Aleksandar Pavlovic’s cross again for Raphaël Guerreiro to mis-hit it, and Kane threw himself on the ball to simply head it previous Ivan Provedel within the Lazio purpose. There was nonetheless time earlier than the break for Müller to attain in first-half stoppage time with a glancing header to Matthijs de Ligt’s shot after a nook.
Kane sealed the outcome within the 66th by firing within the rebound after Leroy Sané drew a save from Provedel. It was the England captain’s sixth Champions League purpose this season. The 19-year-old Pavlovic saved Bayern ticking from midfield with probing passes and measured play, whereas Joshua Kimmich dropped again to proper again to assist ease the crew’s injury-hit protection.
Sane had recovered sufficient to start out after a knee downside saved him from enjoying within the 2-2 draw with Freiburg over the weekend.
Bayern ahead Serge Gnabry entered within the final minute for his first look since December as he made his comeback from a thigh damage.
Bayern’s Club No. 12 fan group organized a formidable choreography earlier than the sport to point out Munich’s heraldic determine over a banner saying “In the name of the city.” One Italian supporter amongst round 100 Lazio followers who sang fascist songs within the beer corridor the place Adolf Hitler based the Nazi celebration was arrested for giving a Hitler salute the evening earlier than.
