Harry Kane said Bayern Munich’s expectation is to win the Champions League after they advanced to the semi-finals with a hard-fought victory over his old rivals Arsenal on Wednesday.
Kane was quiet during a cagey second leg at the Allianz Arena, but that mattered not as Joshua Kimmich’s second-half header handed Bayern a 1-0 win and sent them through 3-2 on aggregate.
Bayern saw their 11-year stranglehold on the Bundesliga crown end on Sunday as still-unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen wrapped up their first title with five games to spare, but the Champions League could yet provide Kane with the chance to lift his first major trophy.
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Speaking to TNT Sports after Wednesday’s game, the former Tottenham striker said: “It’s an unbelievable win. It’s been a tough season for us. We’ve had to fight and grind it out at times.
“We knew it could make the difference with our fans at home. It was a tough game, a tight game and it was a great goal from Josh.
“I think in these types of games the first half is always a bit cagey. We said at half-time we wanted to up the tempo, be aggressive.
“We had a couple off the post and we could have made it easier for ourselves, but these games are always tough and you just have to get through them.”
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Kane feels complacency may have crept into Bayern’s game in the Bundesliga, and he knows that cannot be the case as they bid to win Europe’s premier club competition for a seventh time.
“To reach the semi-finals is a great achievement for us and we can enjoy it. The expectation here is to try and win the Champions League,” Kane added.
“We won the league for 11 years in a row so maybe there was a bit of tempo missing. That can’t happen. Now we have to enjoy the Champions League.”
