Harry Kane's Historic 4 Goals Lead Bayern to 9-2 Victory Over Zagreb, Breaking Wayne Rooney's Record

With a startling 9-2 triumph on Matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich overpowered Dinamo Zagreb in an exciting game at the Allianz Arena. With four goals including three penalties, Harry Kane was in amazing form; Raphaël Guerreiro, Michael Olise, Leroy Sané, and Leon Goretzka all hit the back of the net. Dinamo Zagreb lost to Bayern's unrelenting offensive even with Bruno Petković and Takuya Ogiwara scoring. Bayern Munich set a high benchmark for their Champions League campaign with their dominant victory.

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Harry Kane broke Wayne Rooney’s record as Bayern Munich beat Dinami Zagreb in the UCL opener 

Harry Kane broke Wayne Rooney’s record for the most Champions League goals by an English player when the Bayern Munich striker scored four times against Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.

It was one of several records broken as Bayern routed Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 in one of the highest-scoring games in Champions League history — and an emphatic start to European competition for new coach Vincent Kompany.

“Amazing game, a bit of a crazy game for sure,” Kane told broadcaster DAZN. “To score all those goals in the end was a great night.”

Kane took his tally to 33 in the competition by scoring in the 19th, 53rd, 73rd and 78th minutes — three of the goals were penalties — to surpass Rooney’s record of 30.

“To be honest, after the second (penalty) I didn’t really know what to do with the third one, but thankfully I was able to put it away,” Kane said.

After Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel fouled teammate Aleksandar Pavlovic, Kane opened the score from the penalty spot to give Bayern the lead against the Croatian side.

That put Kane equal with Rooney's record of 30; he scored his 31st on a rebound after goalie Ivan Nevistic parying Joshua Kimmich's effort in the 57th.

To surpass his record, Kane scored two more from the penalty spot.

Two goals for new recruit Michael Olise on his Champions League debut after joining from Crystal Palace, and four other Bayern players scored in the overwhelming triumph.

With his header in stoppage time, Leon Goretzka became Bayern the first team to score nine goals in the Champions League history. In the old European Cup, many teams—including Bayern—achieved that mark. Based to UEFA, it was the highest-scoring game in the competition overall since Borussia Dortmund defeated Legia Warsaw 8-4 in 2016.

The 31-year-old Kane has scored 12 Champions League goals since moving to Bayern a year ago and scored 21 before that for Tottenham.

Kane now has 53 goals in 50 games in all competitions since moving to Bayern.

Kane has scored nine goals in his last three games for club and country including two for England against Finland in his 100th international game and a hat trick Saturday for Bayern against Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga.

Kane and Kylian Mbappé were joint top scorers in last season’s Champions League with eight goals each.

Another record was broken when Thomas Müller came off the bench to play his 152nd Champions League game for Bayern. That’s the most for a player for one club, breaking a tie with former Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez. Müller has made the joint fourth-most appearances in the competition of any player.

(With AP inputs)