DORTMUND, Germany (AP) – Harry Kane is on target for Robert Lewandowski’s Bundesliga record 41 goals in a season, after scoring two more in two seasons. Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Saturday.
This marks the fourth consecutive game in which he has scored two or more goals, and his total for 24 league games so far is 30.
Asked if he would aim to match Lewandowski’s record in 2020-21, the England star said: “Of course.” “I have to keep doing what I’m doing.”
Kane scored another penalty on Saturday, taking his tally of successful spot-kicks in the league to 10. Across all competitions this season, 32-year-old Kane has scored 45 goals in 37 appearances for Bayern.
“There’s still a lot of fight left,” Kane said of trying to break the record with 10 rounds remaining. “We’ll have to try to be consistent during that period. We’ll see if possible in late April, early May. But of course, right now it’s just there and I just have to do what I have to do.”
Kane recently celebrated 500 goals For club and country.
Lewandowski, who previously played for Bayern, Broke Gerd Muller’s record He scored a goal in the last minute of the final game in May 2021, marking a comeback from the 1971-72 season.
Kane said he did not think the race for the Bundesliga title was over, with Bayern leading the league with an 11-point lead over Dortmund.
“We had an 11-point lead a few weeks ago, but these two results show how quickly things can change,” he said. “So you have to stay focused.”
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