BERLIN (AP) 鈥 Harry Kane says the Champions League offers more opportunities to score than the Bundesliga after he grabbed two goals in Bayern Munich鈥檚 3-1 win over Chelsea on Wednesday.
The England star tucked away a penalty after he was brought down by Moises Caicedo, then capitalized on teammates鈥 pressure on Malo Gusto when the ball fell kindly for him to fire inside the far post.
鈥淚 always feel like in the Champions League you create maybe more chances than the Bundesliga, the games are maybe a bit more open, and that suits me,鈥 Kane told broadcaster DAZN.
鈥淗opefully I can get more than 11 this year,鈥 he added, referring to his tally in the Champions League last season.
The 32-year-old Kane has already scored nine goals in five games across all competitions for Bayern so far this season 鈥 10 goals in six games including the .
鈥淚t鈥檚 always the aim to improve and get better,鈥 he said.
Bayern got the scoring underway when Michael Olise forced an own goal from Trevoh Chalobah and might have scored more against a Chelsea team that seemed to fizzle out of energy the longer the game went on.
Cole Palmer responded to Kane鈥檚 first goal with a brilliant finish of his own and he also produced a smart finish to beat Manuel Neuer late on, but that score was chalked off for offside after a VAR review.
Otherwise, the visitors had little to cheer after a summer of intense transfer activity, with Bayern getting its third straight win over Chelsea since the clubs met in the 2012 Champions League final when the visitors upset the hosts in Munich.
鈥淭op performance against a really good side,鈥 Kane said. 鈥淲e spoke before the game that we were playing the club world champions and we had to be on it from the start, and we were.鈥
Kane said Bayern鈥檚 work off-the-ball was key to forcing mistakes from Enzo Maresca鈥檚 team.
鈥淚 think with the ball possession, making angles, helping each other. You saw me and Serge (Gnabry) drop in quite a lot to make it difficult for them to press. They were always kind of minus one and as the game went on, I felt like they got more tired, the spaces opened up and we were able to exploit that.鈥
Kane鈥檚 second goal came directly from Bayern鈥檚 pressure.
鈥淲e talk a lot about when the other teams try and play, you know we鈥檙e always two or three seconds away from having a chance ourselves,鈥 he said. 鈥淵ou saw that with the pressure and you saw that throughout the whole game. There were opportunities that we had when we won the ball back quickly, so yeah, it kind of fell to me in a nice place and it was a good finish.鈥
Kane made way in stoppage time for Nicholas Jackson to face his former team. The Senegal forward tried an ambitious effort from distance that drifted wide in the little time he had to make an impact.
Bayern next visits Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
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