Kane hopes Lazio win the ‘turning point’ in Bayern Munich’s season
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane hopes Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Lazio, which secured progress to the Champions League last eight, will be a “turning point” in the club’s season.
Bayern came into Tuesday’s match having won just one in five games, a run which included losing the first leg 1-0 in Rome and also caused them to fall 10 points behind league leaders Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
The run cost manager Thomas Tuchel his job, with the club and coach issuing a statement saying he would end his contract early in the summer. Kane, who has scored at a remarkable rate despite Bayern’s struggles, notched a brace in the win and now has 33 goals in 32 games in all competitions since arriving in the summer.
Speaking to reporters after the victory while holding the man of the match trophy and a schnitzel burger, Kane said he hoped it was
“a turning point for the rest of the year”. “If we perform like that in most games we’re going to come out with a victory. It was a pleasing day,” said the England international.
“It’s been a good season so far in terms of the goals but as a team we know we can do better. I’m trying to help that situation, the team are trying to help that situation, and I hope we can use this as
a turning point to push on in the Bundesliga and see if we can put pressure on Leverkusen – and see who we can get in the next round of the Champions League.”
Coach Tuchel said he had injured himself during his prematch motivational speech. “I don’t know if the players know about it, they might have wondered why I sat for 90 minutes, but that’s why.”