Kane says it has ‘been some time since I’ve felt nearly as good’ – and calls criticism ‘off the mark’

Bayern Munich record-breaker Harry Kane says he feels the perfect he has in “some time” because the England captain targets an ideal second half to his facet’s Champions League group stage marketing campaign.

No participant has scored greater than the 5 targets notched on this season’s competitors by Kane, who enters Die Roten’s dwelling sport in opposition to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday (8pm GMT) on the again of a 33-minute hat-trick of their 3-0 win over guests Augsburg within the Bundesliga on Friday.

“It’s been some time since I’ve felt nearly as good as I do now,” stated Kane, having reached 50 targets in 43 appearances within the German high flight, breaking Erling Haaland’s earlier document by seven matches.

“The numbers are actually good. I really feel actually good. As an skilled participant, you study so much from phases within the sport. Since I’ve been at Bayern, my numbers have stored going up. I hope that retains going and we are able to elevate our stage even additional.”

Harry Kane targets

Regardless of contributing 20 targets and 9 assists in 17 video games for Bayern this season, Kane’s critics have questioned the 31-year-old’s affect in essential video games.

4 of Kane’s Champions League targets got here throughout the six-time European champions’ opening 9-2 win over Dinamo Zagreb, whereas the opposite arrived throughout a 4-1 defeat at Barcelona on October 23.

“It’s possibly a bit far off the mark, since I scored in opposition to large groups final season,” Kane noticed. “Like I at all times do, I gained’t simply decide my performances on targets. If we get three wins now and I don’t rating, then I’ll nonetheless be glad.”

Bayern Munich vs PSG

Bayern, who’ve additionally misplaced at Aston Villa and crushed Benfica at dwelling, are at the moment seventeenth out of 36 groups and three factors shy of the eighth-placed place they require to keep away from a play-off to remain within the competitors following their closing set of 4 group-stage matches.

Paris are two factors beneath them in twenty fifth – the primary of the 12 lowest positions spelling automated elimination from the competitors.

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“We all know we have to win the remainder of our video games to get into the highest eight,” acknowledged Kane. “We’re at dwelling, which is a bonus.

“It’s the beginning of an vital interval and we wish to kick that off with efficiency. They’re workforce. They attempt to dominate with possession. However we additionally attempt that as nicely.

“We wish to make it as robust as potential for the opposition, which we’ve managed nicely this season. My position in urgent is clearly agreed with the [new] coach [Vincent Kompany]. Our urgent has labored nicely up to now. A number of it’s extra psychological than simply working.”

Bayern fixtures, desk

Bayern are unbeaten after 11 Bundesliga video games, profitable 9 of them to ascertain a six-point lead over second-placed Eintracht Frankfurt.

They go to age-old rivals Borussia Dortmund, who’re 10 factors behind them in fifth, on Saturday (5.30pm GMT) within the match often known as Der Klassiker.