Harry Kane equals impressive Wayne Rooney Champions League record

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Another Bayern Munich match, another record broken by Harry Kane.

Days after beating Erling Haaland's record for the quickest time to reach 50 goal involvements in the Bundesliga - he's at it in the Champions League.

The German giants were handed a clash with Dinamo Zagreb on matchday one and Kane was in no mood to mess about.

He equalled Wayne Rooney's record of 30 goals - the most by an English player in the competition - and in 40 games less.

Having already scored 21 times in the competition for Tottenham, and on eight occasions last season, Kane was on 29 prior to the home match with the Croatian champions.

In his 45th Champions League match, he rounded out that number from the penalty spot.

Aleksandar Pavlovic was bundled over in the box and although Serge Gnabry put the ball in the net, he was offside.

That allowed the initial challenge to be analysed and given as a penalty for Kane to fire high into the net.

Kane is proving to be a fine asset after his £86.4million transfer from Spurs in 2023.

Although Bayern Munich failed to win a trophy last season, Kane managed to score 36 league goals in 32 matches, winning him the European Golden Shoe.

That was a record in itself, meaning Kane has the most strikes in a debut season, adding to a hefty collection.

He was already Tottenham and England's record goalscorer prior to his big transfer to the Bundesliga behemoths.

Kane's creativity shouldn't be forgotten either, he's assisted nine Champions League goals.

What makes Kane's record even more impressive is that Rooney scored his 30 over 85 matches.

Although, Manchester United's record goalscorer did assist 21 in that time too.

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