Arsenal may be a little disappointed having drawn 2-2 with Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday night.
Arsenal were looking to make a real statement against Bayern and took the lead in the first half of their clash at the Emirates Stadium.
Bukayo Saka took in Ben White’s pass and curled the ball past Manuel Neuer to send the Emirates wild.
Bayern were never going to lie down though and ex-Arsenal forward Serge Gnabry fired home the leveller before Harry Kane scored from the penalty spot.
Leandro Trossard brought Arsenal level in the second half though, finding the net after fine work from fellow substitute Gabriel Jesus.
Arsenal were fuming at the end of the game though as Neuer appeared to bring down Saka, only for the penalty shouts to be waved away.
That leaves the tie finely-poised as Arsenal prepare to head to Germany in the hope of securing a win away from home.
Harry Kane admits ‘research’ on Arsenal star
Arsenal fans probably expected Kane to score against them.
The former Tottenham man loved scoring against Arsenal during his days at Spurs and he was surely desperate to score against them again.
Sure enough, Kane found the net as he stepped up to stroke home a penalty, sending David Raya the wrong way.
Speaking to TNT Sports (09/04, 10:10pm), Kane admitted that he had done research on Arsenal goalkeeper Raya from the penalty shootout against Porto.
Kane noticed that Raya goes early with his dives and that forced the England striker to somewhat change his style.
Kane was ready to wait and see Raya go early, helping him slot the ball in the opposite corner and add another goal to his tally against Arsenal.
“I’d done a bit of research on his game against Porto and he really gets to the corners early, so I had to probably change my style a little bit but that’s part of it and it was nice to see him go early and kind of make it easy for me,” said Kane.
Raya will hope for Kane revenge
Raya was the penalty hero against Porto and few will really blame him for not saving a penalty from Kane.
Few goalkeeper deny Kane from 12 yards and Raya was just the latest on Tuesday night.
The Spaniard will though hope to make some big saves in the second leg – probably some from Kane along the way.
Raya will be called up on in Bavaria and would love to be the man to send Arsenal through again after those Porto heroics.
Who knows, maybe Raya will throw in some surprises for Kane and co after learning that the England striker has been studying his game.
A different approach to penalties could catch Kane out and Raya would no doubt love to send him and Bayern packing later this month.
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