Happy to draw. Harry Kane, 30, Bayern Munich, is enjoying his time away from Tottenham Hotspur.

"Kane is relishing the UEFA Champions League (UCL) match at the Santiago Bernabeu," The Athletic reported on Jan. 1 (below). He said he wants to play in such a big game," the publication quoted Kane as saying.

Bayern Munich drew 2-2 with Real Madrid in the first leg of the 2023-2024 UCL quarterfinal at the Fusball-Arena Munich in Munich, Germany, on the same day.

After failing to win at home, Bayern Munich must win away to Real Madrid to reach the final. The two teams will meet in the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on April 8th.

It was a disappointing draw for Bayern Munich. The Bavarians conceded an early goal to Vinicius Junior, but Leroy Sane's brilliant equalizer and Harry Kane's penalty turned the game on its head. However, a late penalty conceded by Kim Min-Jae in the dying minutes of the game gave Vinicius a multi-goal advantage.

Despite the draw, Kane scored his eighth UCL goal of the season to move into a tie with Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) for the league lead in goals. At the same time, his eight goals and three assists gave him 11 offensive points, making him the England player with the most offensive points in a single season in the UCL.

Despite the disappointing draw, Kane remained satisfied: "I've had a good season so far. But the important thing is the big game next week at home to Real Madrid. Everything we are fighting for this year is in this competition. 토토사이트 We just have to find a way to do it," he said.

Kane also added: "I didn't come to Bayern Munich for just one year, I came to see a few years. But of course, at the beginning I expected to lift trophies. In the Bundesliga and the Cup, it didn't go our way. But the UCL is the biggest competition," he said, "and that's why I came. I want to play in big games, big moments, and there's nothing bigger than next week's away game."

Kane was a Tottenham product from a young age, growing up in the club's youth ranks, but moved to Bayern Munich last summer. His departure from Spurs, where he had been for more than a decade, is widely believed to have been driven by a thirst for trophies. Kane hasn't won a single trophy at Spurs or with the England national team.

The all-time leading goalscorer at Spurs (280 career goals), Kane is thriving at Bayern Munich. The world-class striker is on pace to become the league's top scorer with 35 goals in the league alone. If you include UCL games, he has 43 goals and 11 assists in 43 games.

But the trophy is still missing. Bayern Munich had won 11 consecutive Bundesliga titles before last season, but they lost the title to Leverkusen shortly after Kane's arrival and were knocked out of the DFB Pokal Cup early. Now, the UCL is Kane's last hope.

Nevertheless, Kane has shown why he left Tottenham by expressing his satisfaction at reaching the UCL quarterfinals. He has experience with Spurs, having finished runner-up in the 2018-2019 season, but he often missed out on the UCL due to team form. If Kane had stayed at Tottenham this season, he wouldn't have been able to play in Europe, let alone the UCL.