{"id":19460,"date":"2025-08-07T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/kane-strikes-but-fluffs-penalty-as-bayern-dismantle-spurs\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T21:10:00","slug":"kane-strikes-but-fluffs-penalty-as-bayern-dismantle-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/kane-strikes-but-fluffs-penalty-as-bayern-dismantle-spurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane Strikes but Fluffs Penalty as Bayern Dismantle Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Harry Kane had a notable reunion with his old team, missing a penalty but still helping Bayern Munich secure a 4-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur at the Allianz Arena on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The England striker, who concluded a 19-year relationship with Spurs when he moved to Bayern two summers ago, opened the scoring in the 12th minute thanks to a precise long pass from Michael Oris that found him behind the defense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Spurs&#8217; Maddison suffers ACL injury, sidelining him for months<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just three minutes later, Kane had a chance to add to his tally.<\/p>\n<p>Midfielder Joan Pargigna, playing his first match for Spurs after joining on loan from Bayern, was fouled in the penalty area by Josip Stanisic, leading to a penalty kick. However, Kane&#8217;s attempt flew over the crossbar.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0807%2Fr1528975_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=570&amp;format=jpg, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0807%2Fr1528975_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=1140&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0807%2Fr1528975_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0807%2Fr1528975_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Harry Kane scored and missed a penalty at Tottenham in Bayern Munich&#8217;s preseason victory. <cite>Sven Hoppe\/Picture Alliance via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite this error, it didn\u2019t affect Bayern&#8217;s dominant performance in the friendly.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Kingsley Coman, Renato Karl, and Jonah Kusiasale also scored, reinforcing Bayern&#8217;s preparation for defending their Bundesliga title, starting on August 22 against RB Leipzig.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to stay focused. There&#8217;s still a lot of work ahead,&#8221; stated Bayern head coach Vincent Company. &#8220;The team is improving, and they are showing great progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m pleasantly surprised by our level of performance; I didn\u2019t expect this,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>This match was far from ideal for new Tottenham manager Thomas Frank, serving as the last preseason fixture ahead of their upcoming clash with Palisen German in Wednesday&#8217;s UEFA Super Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Fan Take:<\/strong> This result highlights the challenges that both clubs face as they gear up for their respective seasons. For soccer fans, Kane&#8217;s return to Spurs underscores the emotional ties players have with their former teams, while also raising questions about what this means for Tottenham\u2019s future prospects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Kane had a notable reunion with his old team, missing a penalty but still helping Bayern Munich secure a 4-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur at the Allianz Arena on Thursday. The England striker, who concluded a 19-year relationship with Spurs when he moved to Bayern two summers ago, opened the scoring in the 12th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2006,5408,5407,40,3133,46,121,45,342,1576],"class_list":{"0":"post-19460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-bayern","9":"tag-dismantle","10":"tag-fluffs","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-kane","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-penalty","15":"tag-soccer","16":"tag-spurs","17":"tag-strikes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}