Kane scores 15 goals in 10 Bundesliga games to match Muller record
Friday, 10 November 2023
MUNICH, Nov 09 (AP): England captain Harry Kane has made a brilliant start in Germany, where 15 goals in 10 Bundesliga games have matched another Bayern Munich great's league record.
Gerd Müller is the only other player to have scored so many after the first 10 rounds, a feat he managed in the 1968-69 season.
Kane, who joined Bayern in a Bundesliga-record transfer from Tottenham in the offseason, reached Müller's tally with hat tricks in consecutive games - first against Darmstadt in an 8-0 rout, then against Borussia Dortmund as he helped his team to a 4-0 win in "der Klassiker" last weekend.
He also starred in the Champions League, scoring twice Wednesday to shoot Bayern into the next round with a 2-1 win over Galatasaray.
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"He's a phenomenon and we're proud that he's playing for us in the team," Bayern captain Manuel Neuer said.
The question now is whether Kane can maintain his form and possibly beat Robert Lewandowski's Bundesliga record of 41 goals in a season. The Poland star, now playing for Barcelona, managed that feat for Bayern by scoring in the last minute on the final day of the 2020-21 season, when he finally beat the previous best-mark of 40 goals scored by Müller in 1971-72.
Kane is already on his way to beating both.
The 30-year-old player is assisted by the likes of Leroy Sané and Jamal Musiala, who are benefiting too from his presence - as coach Thomas Tuchel predicted before the season.