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Harry Kane warned Paris Saint-Germain that Bayern Munich “can beat anybody” after organising a quarter-final assembly with the European champions on the Membership World Cup.
Kane scored twice as Bayern ran out 4-2 winners in opposition to Flamengo of their final 16 assembly at Arduous Rock Stadium, with an Erick Pulgar personal purpose and Leon Goretzka’s long-range effort finishing the scoring.
Gerson and Jorginho, who scored from 12 yards, had pulled the Brazilian facet again into the sport, however they may not push for a comeback.
Bayern plundered 12 targets within the group stage of the competitors and confirmed their ruthlessness in purpose as they scored from 1.1 anticipated targets (xG), netting with three of their 4 photographs on the right track.
Kane, who had solely managed one purpose within the first three matches, now has 41 targets in all competitions because the begin of 2024-25.
And he believes Bayern have the flexibility to get previous any opponent, with a mouthwatering conflict in opposition to PSG, who they beat 1-0 within the UEFA Champions League earlier this season, subsequent up.
“It’s going to be one other robust recreation,” Kane advised DAZN. “PSG have had a tremendous season. We performed them earlier within the 12 months, and we got here out on high.
“Now we have to attempt to use that vitality, that feeling, on this recreation. We all know it will likely be tough.
“However look, we really feel like we will beat anybody once we’re at our stage. We’ve proven it within the match to this point. It’s going to be one other robust recreation. We’re going to need to get better effectively and prepare for it.”
It was a reasonably even match-up between Bayern and Flamengo, with neither facet in a position to achieve an actual foothold in possession, whereas Filipe Luis’ facet solely managed three photographs on the right track to Bayern’s 4.
“I feel the principle factor is, I appeared within the first 20 minutes, and we have been taking part in effectively, however the depth of the sport was ferocious,” head coach Vincent Kompany advised DAZN.
“I’m pondering, ‘okay, on this warmth, in opposition to this opponent, is that this going to hold on?’ To be truthful, we grew into the sport, and I feel it was a very good recreation for the followers. We’re actually completely satisfied to go to the following spherical.
“We’ll see what it must be for that recreation [against PSG], however the principle factor is we have now to relaxation now, get better from this recreation, use each single day that we’ve received to rebuild our vitality.
“What extra would you like? Prime sides taking part in one another on the largest stage. We’ll be prepared for that.”
Filipe Luis admitted after the sport that Flamengo had not managed to match Bayern for high quality and was left to rue errors.
“It’s as much as us to easily recognise the prevalence of our opponent,” he stated.
“They’re superb, we knew that. At this stage, any mistake is deadly. Those that deserved to undergo received via.”
