Harry Kane and Bayern Munich nonetheless have work to do to kill off Celtic regardless of the England captain’s volleyed winner and Michael Olise’s fantastic objective, writes MATT BARLOW

If Harry Kane is to finish his lengthy pursuit of a serious prize by lifting this trophy in Munich in Could, then there may be first work to be performed to kill off Celtic.

Kane scored in Glasgow, a metropolis the place he by no means fails to strike objectives. He has them for England at Hampden Park, hit the goal with Tottenham towards Rangers at Ibrox and he accomplished the set final on Wednesday evening at Parkhead.

His twenty ninth of his second season in Bayern colors proved the winner on the evening and can give Vincent Kompany’s group an important edge going into the subsequent week’s second leg of this Champions League play-off.

Michael Olise gave the guests the lead with an exquisite objective on the finish of the primary half and Kane made it 2-0 with a volley quickly after half time however it proved the cue for the house facet to stir into life and produce a late flourish.

Daizen Maeda pulled one again to provide hope to Brendan Rodgers and his group as they go to Germany however the Scots might reside to remorse not discovering their rhythm sooner, or objective dominated out within the opening seconds of the sport.

Celtic thought they’d made the right begin to their first Champions League knock-out tie in a dozen years when Nicolas Kuhn darted inside from the best and beat Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a fizzing drive inside 30 seconds.

Noise erupted however there was a flag up and Adam Idah had drifted past centre half Dayot Upamecano, half a yard offside and firmly in Neuer’s eye line. The objective was dominated out and the guests having escaped early punishment settled in to dominate possession for lengthy spells.

Celtic dropped deep to guard Kasper Schmeichel of their objective, tempt their guests onto them seeking the short counter-attack on the turnover. Bayern had been seldom in hassle within the first half. Upamecano and Eric Dier, recalled in central defence, mopped up most issues, and but they discovered it troublesome to penetrate the hooped ranks.

Kane drifted wider seeking house and deeper seeking the ball. His early touches had been jeered, his errors cheered however he was solely fleetingly concerned. An exquisite likelihood got here his manner with half an hour performed.

Leroy Sane clipped a cross onto his head kind the left and Kane seemed positive to transform as he leapt to make the header. 

He met it clear, planted it down and Schmeichel saved together with his legs, and Kane turned out to be in an offside place so it could not have counted. Then the England captain headed one other likelihood into the facet netting from a nook on the again submit.

Kompany’s Bayern haven’t travelled effectively within the Champions League. They misplaced at Aston Villa, Barcelona and Feyenoord and the one ‘away’ fixture they gained within the league part got here at a impartial venue on German soil towards Shakhtar Donetsk in Gelsenkirchen.

Celtic had been inside seconds of half-time sanctuary when Olise struck. The previous Crystal Palace winger pulled a protracted Upamecano move out of the sky with easy grace, ghosted inside left again Greg Taylor and gave Schmeichel the eyes, shaping to go far submit together with his left foot earlier than whipping it into the highest nook on the close to submit.

It was a merciless blow for the house facet, however Bayern deserved the lead and Kane prolonged it quickly after the interval when he escaped his marker on the again submit and volleyed a nook kind Joshua Kimminch previous

Kane made it 2-0 inside 4 minutes. Unmarked on the again submit as he met a nook from Joshua Kimmich on the volley and swept it cleanly previous Schmeichel. 

It was his nineteenth objective previous the Danish goalkeeper and he scored previous him on every of their final six conferences.

Celtic stirred eventually, and attacked with somewhat extra freedom and fluency after conceding the second. Reo Hatate had an effort deflected vast and there was a protracted VAR wait because the Spanish officers dominated there had been no foul by Upamecano on Arne Engels.

Maeda went shut when beat Neuer in a race and a lower a shot throughout the face of an open objective. Then the Japan ahead discovered the online from nook and the house facet produced a powerful end however Bayern have a result in defend in Munich.