Harry Kane two goals from fastest 100 for one club in Europe

Harry Kane stands 2 goals from a milestone that would enactment him up of Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland. If helium reaches 100 goals for Bayern Munich against Werder Bremen connected Friday, helium volition person done it successful 104 games—one less than the 105 matches Ronaldo needed astatine Real Madrid and Haaland astatine Manchester City this century. He has 98 goals successful 103 appearances for Bayern crossed competitions, with 14 successful 8 outings this season, including 2 chapeau tricks successful the archetypal 4 Bundesliga rounds. Bayern’s 18 league goals done 4 games are the astir by immoderate squad astatine this signifier successful Bundesliga history.

Inside the club, determination is small surprise. “The mode helium leads by example, the mode helium dedicates himself, that shows what large signifier he’s in,” said committee subordinate for athletics Max Eberl. “Our anticipation is that we’ll proceed to beryllium precise palmy with Harry successful the future.”

What the coaches see—and the squad news

Head manager Vincent Kompany praises not lone the finishing, but besides the craft. “He’s ever been a goalscorer, nevertheless I deliberation he’s opened up his game—the mode helium drops backmost betwixt the lines,” Kompany said. “In the end, that allows him to flight the attraction of the defenders. With that he’s processing further, he’s a person successful the team.”

Bayern remains without Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies, Hiroki Ito, and Josip Stanisic. Goalkeeper Jonas Urbig could instrumentality to contention arsenic the squad aims to support a cleanable league commencement done 5 matches.

On the different side, Werder Bremen caput manager Horst Steffen says his players volition assemblage the halfway and enactment alert. “We shouldn’t springiness distant penalties. He’s truthful clever and has specified good feet, it makes him precise hard to predict,” Steffen said. He added that Bremen volition question with a bold cognition and judge agelong spells without the shot against a apical European team.