Bayern 3-1 Chelsea: Kane's brace sees UCL opening victory for Bavarians

Chelsea felt the force of Harry Kane's ruthlessness as he scored twice in a 3-1 win for Bayern Munich in the Champions League.

Match Report

Kane scored either side of half-time at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday, as Cole Palmer's brilliantly worked goal ultimately proved fruitless.

Bayern hit the front in the 20th minute when a Michael Olise cross from the right-hand side pinged off the shin of Trevoh Chalobah, who inadvertently turned into his own net.

Kane made it 2-0 seven minutes later, slotting into the bottom-right corner from the penalty spot, with the England captain having won the spot-kick when he drew a clumsy challenge from Moises Caicedo.

Yet a blistering Chelsea counter in the 29th minute saw Palmer mark his 100th Chelsea appearance with a fine strike into the top corner to reduce the arrears.

But Bayern regained momentum early in the second half, and after Robert Sanchez had beaten away efforts from Olise and Kane, the latter helped himself to a second.

After the interval, Bayern took the game to their visitors, as a flurry of efforts from Kane and Olise forced two brilliant saves from Sanchez between the sticks. 

Having been played in by Serge Gnabry, Kane clinically finished to restore Bayern's two-goal cushion.

Palmer thought he had set up a grandstand finish, only to see a late goal disallowed for offside, as Chelsea's first Champions League match since 2023 ended in defeat.

Data Debrief: Kane sinks familiar foes 

Since the beginning of the 2024-25 Champions League campaign, no player has scored more goals in the competition than Kane (13, level with Raphinha and Serhou Guirassy).

He has now netted 21 Champions League goals for Bayern, becoming only the third player to score 20 or more goals for two different clubs in the Champions League, joining Cristiano Ronaldo (105 for Real Madrid, 21 for Manchester United) and Neymar (22 for PSG, 21 for Barcelona).

Kane has also scored his last eight penalties in the Champions League, with his most recent miss coming in October 2022 against Eintracht Frankfurt.

Bayern are the first team to win three consecutive Champions League games against Chelsea, with this their fourth overall. No side has recorded more victories in the competition against the Blues.

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

7' Palmer squares it for Enzo, but his shot is blocked well by Konrad Laimer

8' Harry Kane heads over from Luis Diaz's right-wing cross

11' Serge Gnabry snatches at a shot from outside the box and it goes wide

20' OWN GOAL! Chalobah diverts it past his own keeper! Bayern 1-0 Chelsea

28' Penalty Goal! Caicedo fouls Kane and he scores the pen! Bayern 2-0 Chelsea

29' GOAL! Palmer pulls one back with a brilliant finish! Bayern 2-1 Chelsea

37' Olise plays the ball into space and Laimer drags his shot just wide

42' Michael Olise's volley from the edge of the box bounces just wide

46' Bayern bring on Kim Min-jae for the booked Jonathan Tah at the break

51' Stanisic pulls up while chasing a Chelsea player and is replaced by Sacha Boey

55' Kane feeds Luis Diaz in the box whose shot is saved by Robert Sanchez

58' Laimer sends Kane in with a reverse ball but his shot is stopped by Sanchez

61' Excellent save from Robert Sanchez to deny Olise's effort!

64' GOAL! Gusto makes a huge mistake and gifts Kane to slot home! Bayern 3-1 Chelsea

70' Chelsea send on Garnacho and Santos for Pedro Neto and Reece James

75' Highlight from Bayern vs Chelsea

84' Match Event for Bayern vs Chelsea

90' Palmer scores but it's ruled out for offside

Line-ups

Bayern XI: Neuer, Kane, Gnabry, Kimmich, Tah, Laimer, Upamecano, Luis Díaz, Stanisic, Olise, Pavlovic

Subs: Ulreich, Goretzka, Min-jae Kim, Boey, Jonas Urbig, Nicolas Jackson, Tom Bischof, David Santos Daiber, Lennart Karl, Cassiano Kiala

Chelsea XI: Adarabioyo, Cucurella, Trevoh Chalobah, Reece James, Robert Sánchez, Pedro Neto, Cole Palmer, João Pedro, Enzo, Caicedo, Gusto

Subs: Wesley Fofana, Jørgensen, Garnacho, Gittens, Jorrel Hato, Ted Curd, Andrey Santos, Facundo Buonanotte, Josh Acheampong, Tyrique George, Estêvão, Guiu