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.
2025/2026 UEFA Champions League
3-1
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.
𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁. 𝗜𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. pic.twitter.com/y61OQTcREY
— FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) September 17, 2025
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