Amazing ’Arry: Bayern Munich’s Kane ranks first among Europe’s strikers

That one season with out Robert Lewandowski and earlier than Harry Kane was a tricky one for Bayern Munich, wasn’t it?

In 2022/23, Julian Nagelsmann’s aspect discovered their targets, however not sufficient, they usually needed to work for it. The coach didn’t even final the complete yr. However then Bayern went out and received Harry Kane, and the remainder is…historical past. This season, Kane and Lewandowski are the one two gamers in Europe’s prime 5 leagues with over 1.00 xG per 90, in keeping with WhoScored:

Highest xG per 90 in Europe’s prime 5 leagues this season (15+ apps):

◉ 1.09 – Harry Kane◉ 1.03 – Robert Lewandowski◉ 0.95 – Kylian Mbappe◉ 0.89 – Erling Haaland◉ 0.87 – Ferran Torres

Kane has 28 league targets and 5 assists this season after his brace and MOTM efficiency in Saturday’s 3-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt — exhibiting he’s not merely moving into good positions however changing his possibilities, too. Lewandowski, his Bayern predecessor, has 10 targets from 19 video games whereas solely beginning about half the time, and Lewa’s Barça teammate Torres has 12 with only one help.

Kane, in the meantime, is virtually a fixture in Vincent Kompany’s XI and doing it past the stat sheet — monitoring again, dropping workforce, sliding into tackles and launching unbelievably pin-point passes from deep. That he’s doing all of that whereas nonetheless being a dominant goal-producing machine is a testomony to the particular season he, and Bayern, are having fun with.

Neither appears doable with out the opposite. Actually, this has been a match made in heaven, and Bayern and Kane are reaping the rewards. You possibly can see why a Barcelona presidential candidate would say: “What we’re lacking is a striker” — even with Lewa and Torres on this checklist — and hopefully, Kane himself is laughing that off as a lot as Bayern is.

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