Bayern Munich chief speaks out on Harry Kane goal-scoring troubles

Bayern Munich manager of athletics Max Eberl admits Harry Kane ‘hasn’t scored from unfastened play for a agelong time’ but says helium is not disquieted astir the England captain.

The 31-year-old is hardly having a disastrous season, oregon adjacent a atrocious one, with 22 goals successful 24 appearances crossed each competitions.

However, helium has not been successful the top signifier successful caller games and his past extremity from unfastened play came mode backmost connected 22 November successful a hat-trick against Augsburg.

Kane has scored doubly since then, but some goals came from the punishment spot, portion a insignificant hamstring contented besides sidelined him astatine the commencement of December, hampering his extremity tally for the campaign.

After Bayern suffered a astonishment 3-0 decision to Feyenoord successful the Champions League connected Wednesday night, successful which Kane played the afloat match, Eberl dismissed the striker’s deficiency of caller goals arsenic the astir insignificant of concerns.

‘Harry is the slightest of my worries,’ helium said. ‘When you person a young player, you mightiness interest more, but Harry Kane has had truthful galore highs and besides immoderate lows. So if anyone tin header and woody with it, it’s Harry Kane. He hasn’t scored from unfastened play for a agelong time, but helium besides was injured.

‘Of course, we request his goals. He knows that and is astir apt the 1 who is astir captious of himself. But I don’t deliberation it’s causing a intelligence occupation for Harry.’

Bayern are apical of the Bundesliga, but decision to the Dutch broadside continued an underwhelming run from Vincent Kompany’s broadside truthful acold successful the Champions League.

The German giants person won conscionable 4 of their 7 matches, losing the different 3 and finishing successful the apical 8 is present retired of their hands.

Their last radical signifier crippled is astatine location to Slovan Bratislava, truthful a triumph looks highly likely, but they volition request different results to spell their mode to ascent into the apical eight.

Kompany admitted Feyenoord deserved the 3 points connected Wednesday, ruing missed chances from the likes of Kane and Jamal Musiala.

‘I person to beryllium honest, Feyenoord deserved their win. They fought hard and ran,’ Kompany told a property conference.

‘We had galore chances. I felt we could person scored one, 2 oregon much goals. Feyenoord utilized their moments well.’

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