On Wednesday night, Bayern Munich visited the RheinEnergieStadion to take on Koln in the second round of this season’s DFB-Pokal. Despite a slow start, which saw Bayern trail in a game for the first time this season, when Koln striker Ragnar Ache headed in the game’s opening goal, just past the half-hour mark, Die Roten eventually found their footing and registered a 4-1 victory.
The home team only briefly enjoyed the lead. Five minutes after falling behind, Luis Diaz levelled the score with a tap-in from close range. Two minutes later, Harry Kane made it 2-1 to the visitors with a smart turn and shot from the inside right channel.
Koln gave it all they had in the second half, but Harry Kane struck again when he headed home a corner kick midway through the second half to make it 3-1. With just over a quarter of an hour left, Michael Olise put the icing on the cake with Bayern’s fourth at the end of a sweeping counter-attacking move. Let’s take a look at three players who shone for Bayern in this come-from-behind victory over Koln.
Harry Kane
Harry Kane gave another customary outstanding performance with two exceptional goals against Koln. His first goal, which gave Bayern the lead, was absolutely brilliant. After being picked out through the inside right channel, Kane turned on a dime and left his marker on the ground before curling the ball past the keeper into the top far corner with his weaker left foot.
Kane completed his brace midway through the second half with a show of big man brute strength as he fended off a defender on the near post to head in a corner for his side’s third goal. Early in the second half, the 32-year-old striker would have also had an assist if Luis Diaz had not missed the goal with just the keeper to beat after being played clean through by Kane.
As is typical of the England Captain, Kane also chipped in on the defensive side of the game en route to being the undisputed man of the match.