England captain Harry Kane continued his impressive goalscoring form with a double against Heidenheim as Bayern Munich moved top of the Bundesliga.

England captain Harry Kane continued his impressive goalscoring form with a double against Heidenheim as Bayern Munich moved top of the Bundesliga.

Kane netted two goals in the first half to take his tally to 17 for the season.

Having scored a hat-trick in each of his previous two Bundesliga matches, Kane has set a new league record for the most goals scored after 11 games.

He overtakes Robert Lewandowski’s tally of 16 from 11 matches in 2019, while Bayern sit top of the table by a point.

They lead second-placed Bayer Leverkusen, who would reclaim top spot with victory on Sunday when they host Union Berlin.

Former Manchester City winger Leroy Sane provided both assists for Kane, finding him inside the box for the opener as the striker spun and fired the ball into the top corner.

Sane’s corner was then met with a precise, towering header from Kane to give Bayern a 2-0 lead before Heidenheim mounted a comeback in the second half.

Two goals in three minutes from Tim Kleindienst and Jan-Niklas Beste cancelled out Kane’s double, but substitute Raphael Guerreiro swiftly restored Bayern’s lead in the 72nd minute, following up on a rebound to slot into an empty net.

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting also came off the bench to confirm victory for Bayern late on.

 

Kane, who joined Bayern from Tottenham this summer, has already outscored last season’s joint-top scorers of the Bundesliga – Christopher Nkunku and Niclas Fullkrug finished on 16 goals each.

 

It is also the 10th season in a row Kane has scored 20 or more club goals, while his tally of 17 goals in 11 Bundesliga games equals Erling Haaland’s haul for Manchester City at the same stage in

 

Jamie Carragher called for VAR to be scrapped during Manchester United’s defeat against Copenhagen – and now Brendan Rodgers would also get rid of the technology if it was up to him Jamie Carragher called for VAR to be scrapped after Manchester United were awarded a penalty against Copenhagen on Wednesday.

Brendan Rodgers has admitted he would get rid of VAR and go back to “pure football” – two days after Jamie Carragher called for the technology to be scrapped.

 

Carragher’s comments came after Manchester United were awarded a penalty during their Champions League defeat against Copenhagen. Following a VAR review, referee Donatas Rumsas went over to the pitch-side monitor and pointed to the spot as Lukas Lerager was adjudged to have handled the ball from Harry Maguire’s header.

 

However, it’s safe to say Carragher was not impressed with the decision. He wrote on Twitter: “The game has gone! Get rid of VAR, that’s a disgrace.” That wasn’t the only controversial decision from United’s 4-3 defeat, meanwhile, after Marcus Rashford was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Elias Jelert and Copenhagen were given a first-half penalty for a handball on Maguire.

Adding on Rashford’s sending off, Carragher said: “No way is that a red card for Rashford! Hate these slow-motion replays and still images that make everything look 10 times worse.”

 

Now, Celtic boss Rodgers shared a similar opinion to Carragher and revealed if it was up to him, he would scrap and get rid of VAR. “I have spoken to people down in England working in the Championship where there’s no VAR and they tend to quite enjoy it,” Rodgers explained ahead of his side’s game against Aberdeen.

 

“They understand there’s going to be some mistakes but the fluency and fluidity of the game feels a bit removed from constantly looking at screens. There’s a lot that is good but the bad in it is very bad. That’s something that would have to be looked at – whether it’s worth it or not.

I think I’m quite a patient guy so I know when it’s starting to grate on me that it’s gone quite a way. Other managers in fairness to them have been like this a few years ago.