Kane overtakes Rooney and records fall in Bayern Munich defeat

MUNICH – Harry Kane scored four times on Tuesday to take his total number of goals in the Champions League to 34, surpassing the previous record of 30 set by Wayne Rooney for the most goals by an English player in the competition.

It was a record-breaking evening for the striker and FC Bayern Munich, who confidently swept Croatian club Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 in the first round of the new Champions League format.

Bayern’s nine goals were also the most in a Champions League match ever, and Kane set another European record with three of his goals coming from the penalty spot.

Kane opened the scoring from the penalty spot to put Bayern ahead and equalled Rooney’s record for an Englishman. He scored his 31st goal from a rebound to overtake Rooney and scored two more from the penalty spot, making him 12th Champions League goalscorer since joining Bayern a year ago.

Raphael Guerrero, Michael Olise, Leroy Sane and Leon Goretzka scored many goals for Bayern, setting a record of nine goals in a single Champions League game, while Bruno Petkovic and Takuya Ogiwara each scored once for the visitors.

The former Tottenham striker has now scored 53 goals in 50 games in all competitions since joining Bayern, and has scored nine goals in his last three games for club and country, including two for England against Finland in his 100th international appearance and a hat-trick on Saturday for Bayern against Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga.

Another record was broken when Thomas Müller came off the bench to play his 152nd Champions League game for Bayern, the most for a player from a single club, equalling former Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez.

This story uses information from The Associated Press.