Harry Kane has taken inspiration from Neymar and Mario Balotelli to adapt his penalty-taking technique.

The England captain has scored 35 goals in 42 games across all competitions for Bayern Munich this season. 

Kane acknowledged he is constantly looking for ways to improve, however, explaining his changing mindset when it comes to penalties.

Power and precision marked his main method previously, but now, after studying Brazil legend Neymar and former Manchester City forward Balotelli, Kane waits for movement from the goalkeeper.

"There's quite a few players over the years who have taken penalties like that," the England captain told TNT Sports Brasil.

"I think [some players] pop into my head, Balotelli was like this, Neymar was like this.

"There have been players who wait for the goalkeeper before they hit it. That was never something I used to do, I used to go for more power and precision."

Kane was unable to show off his new spot-kick technique on Wednesday as Bayern were held to a 2-2 draw by Inter at San Siro, meaning they lost their Champions League quarter-final tie by a 4-3 aggregate scoreline.

He did score Bayern's opening goal, however, meaning he has now netted against 21 different opponents in the Champions League, moving ahead of Paul Scholes (20) as the Englishman that has scored against the most opponents in the competition.

Despite Kane reviewing Neymar and Balotelli's respective styles, his penalty record while playing in Europe's top five leagues is superior to that duo.

Kane has missed just six of his 69 penalties at a conversion rate of 91%, compared to Neymar's 82% (40 scored from 49) and 87% for Balotelli, who has converted 33 of his 38 spot-kicks (all competitions, with teams from Europe's top five leagues).

The former Tottenham striker has missed two penalties at major tournaments, faltering in the delayed Euro 2020 semi-final against Denmark but scoring from the rebound, then blazing over in the 2022 World Cup quarter-final against France.

"When I missed that penalty in the World Cup, I felt like there was something that I could change, especially if you take two penalties in a game," he said of lifting high and wide of Hugo Lloris' goal in Qatar. 

"It's something I wanted to try to improve on. Thankfully, it's been good since."

Improvement remains the key mindset for Kane, despite his remarkable returns in front of goal.

Since the start of last season, Kane has been directly involved in more goals (101) and scored more (79) than any other player from Europe's big five leagues across all competitions.

"I'm always trying to find little ways to get better," he said. "That [penalty taking] is one of them. For sure, it's helped my penalties since.

"I'm obviously on a good run. I just have to keep doing what I'm doing."