Bayern suffered for an hour against Stuttgart. And then Kane activated monster mode.
Nikita Paglazov October 19, 2024, 21:39 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Harry scored a hat-trick, but he could have scored five goals!
Bayern has not won the Bundesliga for two consecutive days. The Munich team lost points against Bayer (1-1) and Eintracht Frankfurt (3-3). And Vincent Kompany’s team had a difficult game ahead of them against Stuttgart. The Swabs are the base club of the German national team (six players in the last training camp). This says a lot about the level of resistance. A difficult match awaited Bayern. But what really happened?
The first half confirmed the Munich team’s worst fears. Stuttgart put Bayern in a difficult game and did not allow them to create chances near their goal. Yes, the Munich team spent most of the time in the opponent’s half of the field. But it turned out to be a downright boring 45 minutes. Although Stuttgart goalkeeper Alexander Nübel (by the way, he belongs to Bayern) saved the team a couple of times. For example, at the beginning of the match he took a shot from Rafael Guerreiro. And Manuel Neuer, on the opposite side of the field, was bored and probably thought about joining the attack.
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But in the second 45 minutes we saw a different Bayern. Apparently, during the break, Vincent Kompany found the right words in the locker room. The Munich team began to act much more aggressively in attack. But the first goal of the game came from a not so obvious situation. Harry Kane finally woke up: the Englishman received the ball from Joshua Kimmich far from the goal, approached the area a little and shot into the lower left corner. And Nübel did not save! And Kane scored his sixth goal this Bundesliga season. In fact, this was Harry’s first good hit in the match. Teacher!
Less than five minutes later, Kane scored again. This time it was a difficult goal. At first Stuttgart and Nübel repelled Bayern’s attack, but the second rhythm soon arrived. Kane found the ball in the visiting area and took advantage of the rebound. 2:0 – the easiest double for Harry.
Harry Kane
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Bayern relaxed and enjoyed the game. And the main mission was to lead Kane to a hat-trick. Magically, English began to generate moment after moment. Although in the first half Kane remained invisible. In one of the episodes, Harry lacked accuracy: he shot above nine. The Bayern striker was also stopped by Nübel’s brilliant play. But in the 80th minute the Stuttgart goalkeeper seemed helpless. And again Kane was helped by the rebound: the ball bounced off visiting defender Julian Khabot and Harry shot from the goal line.
Kane could have played poker. In the next attack he scored the fourth goal against Stuttgart. Fortunately for the poor guests, Harry was offside at the time of the pass. But this did not stop Bayern. Already in the 90th minute the Munich team scored the fourth goal against Nübel. Kingsley Coman scored the first goal of the season: after a rebound from an opponent, he worked with his right foot and shot into the far corner.
Kompany would also help Bayern on the field:
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Kompany made a nice shot on goal during Bayern’s training session. Video
Bayern achieved an important victory over a tough rival and returned to first place. A great push before heading to Spain to face Barcelona in the Champions League. And also a great gift for Joshua Kimmich: the match against Stuttgart was his 400th with Bayern.
