"Breaking Gerd Müller's record for goals in a single Bundesliga season-40 in 34 games- seemed utterly impossible. The Bayern Munich legend is one of the greatest goal scorers in the history of the sport. Surely, he could not be caught. Then a new Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski arrived on the scene and broke it, plundering an incredible 41 goals in 29 games with a goal in the dying embers of the final matchday."
"Asked about this possibility after a Kane brace led Bayern to a 3-0 win in the Bundesliga against Werder Bremen, head coach Vincent Kompany deflected the question: "I assume that the league title is much more important for him than the record," he said, as captured by @iMiaSanMia. "But maybe I'm wrong because I was a defender not a striker [laughs]. He's Harry Kane, he has and will always score goals.""
Harry Kane has 26 Bundesliga goals with 12 games remaining in his third season at Bayern and aims to challenge the single-season scoring mark. Gerd Müller set a 40-goal benchmark in 34 games that was later surpassed by Robert Lewandowski's haul of 41 goals in 29 matches. Lewandowski missed five games in the season he broke the record; Kane has not missed any matches this campaign and will likely need to play every remaining fixture to have any realistic chance of reaching or exceeding 42 goals.
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