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Ritabrata Banerjee

'Maybe the fans don't like me' - Harry Kane 'motivated' to silence Chelsea faithful after previous Tottenham battles with Bayern Munich set to host Enzo Maresca's side in Champions League opener

Ex-Tottenham striker Harry Kane has admitted that he's "motivated" to silence the Chelsea fans as Bayern Munich prepare to host Enzo Maresca's side in their Champions League opener on Wednesday. Kane has kicked off another campaign in Germany on a fiery note, scoring eight goals across all competitions in just five appearances.

  • Kane ready to rekindle rivalry with Chelsea

    Kane has reminisced about the time he spent in the Premier League with Tottenham, where he enjoyed numerous battles against London rivals like Chelsea and Arsenal. Now, ahead of Bayern's Champions League opener against the Blues, the England captain is feeling "motivated" to silence the Blues fans travelling to the Allianz Arena.  

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    Not worried about potential abuse from fans

    Speaking to reporters ahead of Bayern's first Champions League fixture of 2025-26, Kane said: “I think the rivalry was a good rivalry we had, especially early on in my Tottenham career, from that [Mauricio] Pochettino era. And we had a lot of tough games, good games against each other, so yeah, I think playing against a Premier League opposition is always maybe a little bit more expectation around the game.

    “Obviously, maybe the Chelsea fans don’t like me as much. And when we play Arsenal, the Arsenal fans don’t like me as much, but that makes me want to play better. That motivates me. There’s going to be some familiar faces that I played against, some that I played with with England, so all those things added, it just brings a little something special around the game.

    “I think being at the Allianz, having an English team here, as a team, we like to try to stamp our authority on the game.”

  • Kane continues to shine in Germany

    Kane heads into the European fixture after scoring a brace in Bayern's 5-0 thumping of Hamburg last weekend. With the double in the Bundesliga clash, Kane took another giant step towards reaching the 100-goal mark for the Bavarian side across all competitions. The English striker has scored 93 goals in 101 appearances since joining the German champions from Spurs in 2023.

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    Chelsea's injury headache

    The Blues will miss the services of new signing Liam Delap against Bayern due to a long-term injury, while star attacker Cole Palmer is also doubtful for the clash, though he did make a scoring return to action from the bench in Chelsea's last league game against Brentford.