Harry Kane Regrets the Missed Chances from Bayern Munich

Bayern let two points slip 

Harry Kane was the driving force behind Bayern Munich's draw at the Allianz, but he was left feeling the team should have taken more than a 2-2 draw against Arsenal in the Champions League.

The English side had struck first through Eberechi Eze's first-half goal, but the England striker stepped up to set up Alphonso Davies for the equaliser and then converted a penalty to put Bayern 2-1 ahead. Just when it seemed the Bavarians would take all three points, Declan Rice struck in the 82nd minute to seal the draw and leave Bayern with a second straight draw in Europe, following their shock 3-3 stalemate against Viking the week before.

A record that keeps growing

With this match, Kane reached 16 goals against Arsenal in all competitions: 14 in 19 games for Tottenham and two in four for Bayern. Only Leicester City, with 20 goals in 20 matches, sits above them on the Englishman's list of favourite victims.

But there's more: the striker became the sixth player in Champions League history to score or assist in 10 consecutive appearances, and the first to do so since Serhou Guirassy, who achieved it between November 2020 and February 2025.

Statistically, Bayern managed one fewer shot than their opponents (13 to 14), though both sides registered five shots on target. The difference came in expected goals: Vincent Kompany's side dominated that department by 2.5 xG to 1.4, reinforcing the idea that the chances were there but weren't taken.

They had the chance

That lack of ruthlessness is exactly what Kane lamented, especially since Bayern now sit 14th in the Champions League table after dropping points along the way.

"It was a good performance," analysed the striker. "Especially at the start of the second half, we came back out with high intensity and scored the goal. In that spell, we should've killed it off – we had the chances. We tried to keep the ball in the last 20 minutes, but Arsenal punished us with their goal."

He added: "The draw was fair overall. We've got a lot of players who are missing, so we'll take the point."

Vincent Kompany shared his striker's reading of the game, though he preferred not to dwell too long on the frustration with what's coming next: Sunday's trip to Freiburg, none other than the second-placed team in the Bundesliga.

"We had the feeling that we could, or maybe even should have won the game, but we're up against strong opponents, and the game was never over," said the coach.

"It's obviously a shame in the moment when you concede the equaliser, but it was an intensive match against a top team, and next we face the team second in the Bundesliga, and that's the most important as of now."

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