HARRY KANE scored his first goal AGAINST Tottenham – and then ballooned a penalty over the bar against his old team.
The England captain is playing in a friendly for Bayern Munich against Spurs at the Allianz Arena.
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He netted his maiden strike versus the team he scored a record 280 goals for with a clinical finish with his left foot inside 12 minutes.
Kane then had the chance to make it 2-0 four minutes later when Spurs new-boys Joao Palhinha – on loan from Bayern to Tottenham – felled Josip Stanisic in the box.
But then, remarkably, Kane slipped as he ran up to take the spot-kick and fired into Row Z.
He had not previously missed a penalty for the German giants.
It called to mind his famous penalty miss against France for England in the quarter-finals of the Qatar World Cup in 2022, when he skied the ball over the crossbar.
Fellow Ballon D’Or nominee Michael Olise teed up Kane’s goal, lofting a high ball from deep to the Three Lions star, who plucked it out of the air beautifully before firing into the far corner.
Before Kane’s goal, his old team-mate Cristian Romero took him out with a trademark crunching tackle that left the England captain in a heap.
New boss Thomas Frank had named a very strong starting XI for Spurs’ final pre-season friendly ahead of the Super Cup against PSG on Wednesday.
Mohamed Kudus joined Richarlison and Brennan Johnson in a new look Spurs attack following the departure of Son Heung-min.
Though Spurs will be without James Maddison for almost the entire season after it was announced the England man had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.
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