Harry Kane scores in Bundesliga debut as Bayern Munich routs Werder Bremen
BERLIN — Harry Kane stated he had “a few butterflies” earlier than his Bundesliga debut. They didn’t present.
The England captain scored one objective and arrange one other as Bayern Munich routed Werder Bremen 4-0 away within the opening recreation of the season on Friday.
Kane, who lastly accomplished his protracted switch from Tottenham final weekend, confirmed right away why Bayern reportedly paid greater than 100 million euros ($110 million) for the ahead.
“There was a bit of nervous excitement to play the game,” Kane stated. “New surroundings for me, extremely excited to get the season started with my new club and a massive club. So for sure there was a few butterflies. But as always, I feel once I get on the pitch, you know, instinct takes over and I just play my normal game.”
Kane wanted solely three minutes to set Leroy Sané free for the opener, earlier than he lastly beat Bremen’s Jiří Pavlenka with a low shot within the 74th. A Bremen defender’s studs deflected the shot barely contained in the left put up.
The England captain went off shortly afterward with what regarded like a cramp, certainly one of three late modifications by Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel.
Substitute Thomas Müller arrange Sané for the third objective within the closing minute then Alphonso Davies arrange Mathys Tel, one other substitute, to finish the scoring in damage time.
The house group’s finest interval was simply after the halftime break.
“They got here out within the second half and had a couple of probabilities, made it troublesome, however then it was good to get that second objective, after which the boys off the bench come on and completed the job for us,” Kane stated.
It began with Kane dinking a intelligent ball ahead into house from inside his personal half to set Sané free to open the scoring on a counterattack. Bremen’s defence ought to have executed higher.
“We had a few more chances in the first half that we probably could have done a bit better with, to kind of put the game away early. But then we defended better,” Kane stated. “We were a lot better getting the first contact, and we spoke about that. If we want to be a competitive team this season in all competitions, set-pieces are a big part of that. So really happy with a clean sheet as well. It’s going to be important going forward for the rest of the season.”
Fellow summer time signing Kim Min-jae additionally made his first league begin for Bayern, which is bidding to increase its report of 11 consecutive Bundesliga titles.
There was a minute’s silence earlier than the sport for former Bremen participant Horst-Dieter Höttges, who died in July. Höttges was a member of West Germany’s victorious 1974 World Cup squad.
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