Harry Kane scored multiple objective in a match for the thirteenth time this season. Photograph: AFP
MUNICH:
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane feels Robert Lewandowski’s single-season Bundesliga targets document is inside his attain after the England captain scored twice extra in Saturday’s 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund.
Kane tucked away a wise end after which transformed a penalty as Bayern got here from behind to successfully put an finish to Dortmund’s Bundesliga title problem.
He scored twice for the fourth straight league recreation to convey his objective tally for the season to 30, and to inside 11 of Lewandowski’s document of 41, set within the 2020-21 marketing campaign with Bayern.
“I am in a great second. I’ve obtained to maintain doing what I am doing,” Kane instructed Sky Germany, saying he was “for certain” on monitor to beat the document with 10 video games of the season remaining.
“I do know it is a query just about after each recreation proper now, however there’s nonetheless numerous video games to play. I must try to be constant over that interval.
“We’ll see come late April, begin of Could, if it is attainable.”
Lewandowski claimed the document from Germany striker Gerd Mueller. Some thought-about Mueller’s mark of 40 targets in a league marketing campaign from 1971-72 as unbeatable till Lewandowski’s document run.
The 32-year-old Kane now has 45 targets in all competitions this time period, the perfect mark in his profession, with a 3rd of the season remaining.
“Typically as a striker you undergo spells the place nearly all the pieces you contact goes into the again of the online — whether or not you end it nicely or whether or not you do not,” Kane instructed ESPN.
The victory put Bayern 11 factors away from Dortmund and firmly on the right track for one more league title, however Kane warned his aspect to maintain pushing.
“I do not suppose it is over. We had an 11-point lead just a few weeks in the past, and we noticed how rapidly it could change inside two outcomes,” he mentioned.
“So we’ve to remain centered. It was clearly an enormous recreation, an enormous momentum shift for us, 11 factors. We’re in a great place.”
