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Harry Kane bullish about Bayern making Champions League final despite PSG loss

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Harry Kane believes Bayern Munich's fighting spirit in their thrilling 5-4 defeat ⁠to Paris St Germain will be crucial in their Champions League semi-final return leg in Germany next week.

[p]The Bavarians ‌looked beaten when the French struck twice in two minutes early in ‌the second half to open up a 5-2 lead.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a], ‌however, bounced back with goals from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/upamecano-dayot/OMhLhEJB/"]Dayot Upamecano[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/diaz-luis/SKjMUHVm/"]Luis Diaz[/a] ‌in a three-minute span [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/psg-CjhkPw0k/?mid=OA88eBqI"]to make it 5-4[/a], considerably improving ‌their chances of turning the tie around next week in Munich.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico Madrid[/a] play [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] in the other semi-final on Wednesday.[/p][p]"[b]It'll be who ‌takes their moments next week[/b]," said [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a], who ⁠put the visitors in ‌front with a 17th-minute penalty.[/p][p]"[b]There were a lot of moments out there ​today, and it's probably going to be the same next week. So, us being at home with ​the crowd behind us, we hope that can push us over the line.[/b]"[/p][p]"[b]Overall, we had moments where we could have ⁠killed the game earlier ​on as well. So, we take a lot of pride in the fact that we got back to 5-4 because away from home, being 5-2 down could be a really tough ‌place to be. But we fought and we're back in the tie.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="eb679fd3-3814-48ce-a9cf-7bfe198b9d06" url="https://x.com/ChampionsLeague/status/2049231583920447652?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Kane, who became the first English player to net in six successive Champions League fixtures, now has 13 goals in the competition this season.[/p][p]The match will go down as an instant classic after becoming the highest-scoring semi-final leg in Champions League history.[/p][p]"[b]We had moments where we could have been more clinical in the final pass or the final finish,[/b]" ‌Kane said. "[b]We felt we got better and better, especially as ​the game went on, they started to tire. We've ‌just got to bring the same intensity. We're going to need more of that next week[/b]."[/p][p]"[b]I think we saw two high-level teams out there today, especially in the attacking play and in the transitions, the speed, the ⁠intensity in the one-against-one battles. ⁠Two of the top ‌teams going toe-to-toe[/b]," said the England captain.[/p]

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