Harry Kane believes Bayern Munich could have secured victory against PSG despite losing 5-4 in the Champions League semi-final. Kane scored first, but PSG took the lead with multiple goals before Bayern narrowed the deficit.
Harry Kane believes Bayern Munich could 'have killed the game off' against PSG (Getty)
Harry Kane says that Bayern Munich could have âkilled the game offâ despite losing 5-4 to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their blockbuster Champions League semi-final tie.
Kane scored the first of nine goals when he converted an early penalty for Bayern but the reigning champions responded through Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Joao Neves to take the lead. Michael Olise equalised but a controversial penalty was awarded to PSG for handball and Ousmane Dembele sent the hosts into the half-time break 3-2 ahead.
PSG increased that deficit to 5-2 but goals from Dayot Upamecano and Luis Diaz ensured that Bayern only trail by one ahead of the second leg in Germany next week.
The encounter was a thrilling affair of attacking football with âthe best players in the world going at itâ said Kane.
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Speaking to Amazon Prime Video after the match, the striker said: âI think you saw two high-level teams out there today especially in the attacking play and the transition. The speed and the intensity in the 1v1 battles. Two of the top teams going toe-to-toe.
âOverall, when we look at the goals - a set pice goal with a penalty is a little harsh if Iâm honest but we had moments where we could have killed the game earlier on.
âWe take a lot of pride in the fact that we got back to 5-4 because away from home being 5-2 down can be a really tough place to be but we fought and we clawed and weâre back in the tie.â
Harry Kane got the goal fest rolling with a first half penalty (Reuters)
Kane also brushed off a question about neither team being able to defend and claimed that there was âamazing defendingâ throughout the match but the âbest attackersâ won the day.
âEven though there were nine goals scored I think there was amazing defending throughout the game,â Kane added. âYouâve got the best players in the world going at it, the best attackers, the best defenders and of course sometimes the attackers are going to come out on top and show their quality like both teams did today.
âI know there were nine goals today but itâs essentially 1-0 and itâs a tough away game [for PSG]. We go there with nothing to lose and weâve just got to bring the same intensity. Us being at home with our crowd behind us at the Allianz Arena we hope that can push us over the line.â
Vincent Kompany wants to see more goals in the second leg at the Allianz Arena (Getty)
Meanwhile, Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany wants to see more of the same threats from his team when the teams meet again in a weekâs time.
He was asked if the defensive issues were a problem and replied: âI would say what do you want? I think youâve seen a lot of good defending today, intense, duels, itâs just that the margins are so little.
âYou only have two ways so the first one is to go full or the second one is to retreat fully. The in-between doesnât work against that level of players and the in-between doesnât work against our level of players.â
When asked what he would like from his team at the Allianz Arena in the second leg he added: âMore. Even more.
âWeâre at home, weâll have 75,000 people in that stadium. We donât just want noise we want mass, a weight in the stadium and weâll need it. Then itâs a place where anything can happen. Itâs not a ground that is shy of successful moments for this team.â