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Harry Kane called on Bayern Munich to push on after a dramatic Champions League quarter-final success over Real Madrid kept their treble hopes alive.<\/p>\n
Boasting a 2-1 lead from the first leg in Spain, Bayern were initially rocked as Arda Guler\u2019s brace and a calm finish from Kylian Mbappe gave Madrid a 3-2 half-time lead in Wednesday\u2019s second leg.<\/p>\n
With the tie poised at 4-4 on aggregate, Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga was sent off for two bookable offences \u2013 the second being an unnecessary caution for timewasting \u2013 and Bayern made Los Blancos pay.<\/p>\n
Luis Diaz and Michael Olise struck late on to push Bayern into their 22nd European Cup or Champions League semi-final, with only Madrid reaching that stage more often (33).<\/p>\n
Bayern\u2019s 4-3 win on the night also made them just the second team to trail on three occasions in a Champions League match and still emerge victorious, after Manchester United against Real Madrid in the 2002-03 quarter-finals (also 4-3), though the Red Devils lost that tie 6-5 on aggregate.<\/p>\n
And with a blockbuster meeting with Paris Saint-Germain awaiting Bayern in the last four, Kane says he and his team-mates will relish the coming weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you beat a team like Madrid, especially in the later stages of the Champions League, it will give you confidence,\u201d Kane told TNT Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we have spoken about this all year, being at this stage and being in all the competitions\u2026 this is the time to push on.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe feel we can beat anyone when at our highest level and we\u2019ll need that in the next round because PSG are one of the best teams in Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a chance to win the league this weekend, so hopefully we can get that done and we have a big semi-final in the cup. There are plenty of big games plenty to play for.\u201d<\/p>\n
The England captain scored Bayern\u2019s second goal of the game, taking him to 50 in all competitions this season. He is the first player net 50 times in a single campaign for a team in Europe\u2019s top five leagues since Erling Haaland for Manchester City in 2022-23 (52).<\/p>\n
Kane has also scored (three times) or assisted (three) in each of his last five Champions League games against Madrid \u2013 the outright longest streak by any player against them.<\/p>\n
Madrid were enraged by the decision to send Camavinga off, but Kane said they could have no complaints after the midfielder picked up the ball to prevent a quick restart.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were decisions that went against us the whole game and the rules are the rules,\u201d he said when asked about the red card.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a clear yellow card, I\u2019ve had a couple of those in my career that have affected me. The referee has to make a decision there, and it went our way today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olise, who sauntered inside from the right flank before finding the top-left corner for his goal, echoed those sentiments and suggested Bayern would have gone on to win the tie regardless of the sending off.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good match, back and forth,\u201d he said. \u201cWe knew they would try to come back. At first, it was a bit like goal, goal, goal, but eventually when it calmed down, we played a bit better in the second half and we took our chances.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe red card was late on. We had built momentum before that, the game was going our way. Maybe it helped a bit, but the game was still going how it was going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bayern face Stuttgart in the Bundesliga on Sunday, when they could win the title depending on results elsewhere, before facing Bayer Leverkusen in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n