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04/07 16:31 CDT Harry Kane leads Bayern to 2-1 win over Real Madrid in 1st leg
of Champions League quarterfinals
Harry Kane leads Bayern to 2-1 win over Real Madrid in 1st leg of Champions
League quarterfinals
By TALES AZZONI
AP Sports Writer
MADRID (AP) --- Harry Kane delivered for Bayern Munich on his return from
injury, scoring a goal and helping set up another in his team's 2-1 win at Real
Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Tuesday.
Kylian Mbapp scored Madrid's goal after the visitors had taken a two-goal lead
at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.
Kane had been listed as a gameday decision after missing the team's Bundesliga
match last weekend because of an ankle injury.
The result left Bayern with an edge ahead of the second leg in Germany next
week as it tries to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time
since 2023-24, when it was eliminated by eventual champion Madrid.
"We are still alive, clearly," Madrid coach Alvaro Arbeloa said. "We are one
goal away. We have shown that we can win anywhere. We showed it with the
scoring chances that we had against an opponent that we knew was going to make
it difficult for us."
Arsenal won 1-0 at Sporting Lisbon in the other quarterfinal on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Barcelona will host Spanish rival Atletico Madrid, and Liverpool
will visit defending champion Paris Saint-Germain.
Madrid and Bayern are playing their sixth knockout-stage meeting in 14 seasons,
with the Spanish powerhouse having won four of their five two-leg matchups
since the 2011-12 season.
Kane participated in the build up of Bayern's first goal in the 41st minute,
exchanging passes with Serge Gnabry who ultimately fed a through ball for Luis
Daz inside the area. The Colombia forward calmly sent a low shot past Madrid
goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.
Kane scored himself in the 46th with a nice one-timer from the top of the area,
firmly finding the corner with a low strike. It was his 11th Champions League
goal, equaling his best scoring season in the European tournament. He finished
with 11 goals in 2024-25.
Kane has scored 22 Champions League goals since the start of the 2024-25
season, the most of anybody.
Mbapp scored his 20th Champions League goal since the start of the 2024-25
season in the 74th, finding the net from close range after a pinpoint low cross
by Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Mbapp leads the scoring this season with 14 goals, which is double the
forward's total last season. He is three goals shy of the most goals in a
single Champions League campaign achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo with Madrid in
2013-14.
Vincius Jnior had one of Madrid's best chances in a one-on-one situation with
Manuel Neuer in the 61st, but the Brazil forward couldn't get past the Bayern
goalkeeper and his attempt hit the outside of the net. A few minutes later,
Neuer --- who had nine saves in total and was named the man of the match ---
dived to his right to make a nice stop on a shot by Mbapp.
Neuer had already made two tough saves to keep Madrid from finding the net in
the first half on other attempts by Mbapp and Vincius.
Madrid defender Alvaro Carreras made a goal-line clearance on a shot by Dayot
Upamecano in the first-half.
The German champion lost to Inter Milan in the quarterfinals last season.
Record 15-time European champion Madrid was eliminated by Arsenal in the last
eight last year.
Bayern is unbeaten in its last 14 games in all competitions, with 12 wins.
Madrid was coming off a 2-1 loss at Mallorca on Saturday that hurt its La Liga
title hopes.
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