Aston Villa just caused an earthquake in Europe, when they defeated Bayern Munich in the second match of the Champions League qualifying round. Applying an extremely disciplined and annoying style of play, the English representative won 1-0 with a late goal from John Duran.
When Bayern Munich were struggling, all eyes were on Harry Kane. The English striker had scored 10 goals in just 7 games of the season, including 4 goals against Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League. In the end, Kane had a weak performance against Aston Villa, thereby causing the Gray Tigers to suffer their first defeat of the season.
Former Aston Villa player Gabby Agbonlahor laughed at Kane after the match, according to TalkSPORT: "In the second half we opened up a bit and won 1-0. You know, never take risks like Celtic, because they were blown away 7-1 by Dortmund. At this level, just don't give Bayern Munich the initiative and let them down like Aston Villa did.
Harry Kane is like a ghost. It's the Harry Kane version from the Euros, because our tactics were very effective against Bayern."
Agbonlahor mentioned Euro 2024, a tournament in which Harry Kane scored three goals. However, the striker failed to score in the final and watched helplessly as Spain lifted the trophy. This season, Kane has yet to show any change in his scoring habits.
He has scored a lot of goals against small teams, but then failed to score against Bayer Leverkusen and Aston Villa, two extremely important matches for Bayern Munich. Many believe Harry Kane is unlucky to score so many goals without winning any trophies in his career. But with his continued lack of success in big games, the English striker probably has only himself to blame.
