Striker Harry Kane is the player who needs the fewest matches to reach the milestone of 25 goals in the Bundesliga, when he scored in a 2-3 defeat at Bochum Stadium on February 18.
With the goal that shortened the score to 2-3 at Bochum, Kane only needed 22 matches to have 25 goals in the Bundesliga. The old record belonged to former Dortmund striker Erling Haaland with 25 goals in 25 matches. In the top 5 players to reach 25 goals the fastest in the tournament, Uwe Seeler needs 28 matches, Christian Muller 29 matches and Luca Toni 33 matches.
Kane’s late equalizer was not enough to save Bayern from a third consecutive defeat. On Vonovia Ruhrstadion yesterday, the defending champion team controlled the ball 70%, finished 27 times, more than twice as many as Bochum, but still lost in a position with no players. Kane could have scored more than one goal, if not for kicking into the air when facing the goalkeeper in the 19th minute.
Kane left Tottenham to join Bayern in the summer of 2023, for over 100 million USD. The England international scored 29 goals and assisted eight in 30 matches in all competitions this season, a rare bright spot in a season when most Bayern players were in poor form.
Thomas Tuchel’s teachers and students are having difficulty in both the Bundesliga and the Champions League. They are eight points behind top Leverkusen in the domestic tournament and just lost 0-1 to Lazio in the eighth round in the European arena. According to coach Tuchel, Bayern’s decline partly comes from the fact that Kane is showing signs of losing connection with his teammates.
“Kane is not happy with the way he has participated in recent matches,” the 50-year-old coach told Reuters. “We are also not satisfied that the players sometimes cannot find Kane in the match. I have rarely seen such a difference in training sessions and matches. However, the way Kane scores goals and leads the team The team shows that he is world class.”
Tuchel blamed his students for not creating enough opportunities for Kane, but also said that everything was fine with the English striker. Kane is leading the European Golden Shoe race, with 50 points from 25 goals. Right behind him are Kylian Mbappe (21 goals, 42 points) and Lautaro Martinez (20 goals, 40 points). Haaland is ranked seventh with 16 goals, equivalent to 32 points.