Earlier this week, we reported on Harry Kane's Ballon d'Or moment in London. On his first appearance since that night, the Bayern München striker missed a penalty in Der Klassiker against Borussia Dortmund, and the story of the evening quickly shifted from the award to the result. Bayern dropped points in the Allianz Arena after Fabio Silva snatched a point.
Kane did not try to soften it afterwards. Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "We definitely had enough chances to win the game. Me on my own had enough chances to win the game, but it was not to be."
He added: "Obviously, today wasn't my best performance or the team's best performance but that's life, that's part of being a striker, being a footballer. I could have probably been out there for another hour today and the ball would not have gone in the back of the net.
You have to take that on the chin sometimes."
The tone matched the setting. Bayern fans displayed a banner saying Kane was "no showman, but a footballer as he should be", while the striker accepted that the miss cost his side a cleaner night. One off night does not rewrite his numbers, though. He has 4 Bundesliga goals in 8 appearances this season and 10 goals in 8 appearances across all competitions.
Bayern's draw and Kane's numbers
The draw leaves Bayern top of the Bundesliga after 8 matches, with Dortmund second. That is part of why the miss carried extra weight, even in a match where both clubs had title-race implications around it.
The cleaner takeaway is that Kane owned the moment rather than running away from it. The penalty miss decided the immediate talking point, but his own words made it clear he saw the problem as a bad night, not a larger issue. Bayern are still first, Dortmund are still second, and Kane still walks away from the game with 10 goals in 8 appearances this season.
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