The goalscorer keeps Bayern’s title hopes alive

Why not like that? This question echoes the eight-goal party by Harry Kane and Co. against Mainz. FC Bayern’s desire for the title has been rekindled – mainly thanks to the goalscorer.

Smiling, record-breaker Harry Kane took a selfie on the sidelines with the ball in his hand as the obligatory three-goal trophy. The Munich goal phenomenon is not only reaching for the record set by former world footballer Robert Lewandowski, but after FC Bayern’s impressive restart with two liberating victories, he is also going into the hunt for the rest of the season with a renewed desire for the title.

“We want to win trophies, win the Bundesliga and the Champions League. But there’s still a long way to go,” said the 30-year-old Englishman after the 8-1 goal party against FSV Mainz 05. In contrast to that after one As coach Thomas Tuchel continued to limp, Kane and Co. did anything but slow down.

For the championship trophy, several mistakes by the elusive front runner Bayer Leverkusen are necessary. A dose of luck would also be helpful for the Champions League ambitions in the quarter-final draw next Friday. Double packer Leon Goretzka said after the 3-0 win against Lazio Rome and the shooting match against relegation candidate Mainz: “It was very important for us to keep this season alive.” And further: “If Leverkusen still gets a little afraid of winning, it’s our job to be there,” added the national player.

The bosses cheered freely in the stands, where the club grandees Uli Hoeneß and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge talked shop with gestures about the beautiful goals after the Bayern-like performance. Despite breathtaking dribbling from Jamal Musiala or the goal feat from returnee Serge Gnabry, Kane stood out again.

“It’s a gift to be able to coach him,” said Tuchel. Kane has 30 league goals to his name. Nine games remain in the attack on Lewandowski’s 41-goal record. “I trust Harry with everything. He does what he always does in his entire career. He scores, he is a role model, he is a great personality,” said Tuchel.

“I said in the middle of the week that we can hopefully use this as an initial spark. That is now the goal to continue in the remaining games,” said 100 million man Kane. He twice scored 30 league goals this season with Tottenham in the Premier League – he never had more. “30 goals is a nice milestone at this point in the season,” said Kane. The English international became the first player in Bundesliga history to score eight multiple packs in his first season.

A few weeks ago there was slight surprise about Kane. The captain of the English national team had not scored a goal in the important games against Bayer Leverkusen (0:3) and in the first leg against Lazio Rome (0:1) in the premier class and seemed to many like a foreign body in his own team. Now the gate explosion.

One person who wasn’t worried about the attacker at all back then was coach Tuchel. “Harry takes care of himself. He doesn’t need me. He is dissatisfied with how he is involved in the game. We are too. I have rarely experienced such a discrepancy between the training impressions compared to the games,” he said.

“The way he scores in training and uses the balls. That’s unbelievable. That’s world class.” And then gave an explanation as to why things weren’t going well for Kane. Tuchel: “We rarely find him in the game.” And that has changed in no time at all – at the moment he seems to be the number one receiving station. Great to see in the goal to make it 3-1 against Mainz, when Goretzka played the ball to Kane in the penalty area in an exemplary manner, he received the ball with his right and shot it into the goal with his left.

Things are working again for Kane – and things are working again for Bayern too. The fans are now hoping that this will last until the end of the season. Then the players might still hold up something countable. The goalscorer announced it: “We want to win trophies.” Open end.