MUNICH — Harry Kane scored four times on Tuesday to bring his Champions League goal total to 34, blowing past the previous record of 30 set by Wayne Rooney for the most goals by an English player in the competition.
It was all part of a record night for the striker and Bayern Munich, as they cruised to a 9-2 rout of Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb in the first round of games in the new-look Champions League format.
The nine goals for Bayern were also the most ever in a Champions League game, and Kane had another European record to his credit with three of his goals coming from the penalty spot.
Kane opened the scoring from the penalty spot to give Bayern the lead and equal Rooney’s mark for an Englishman. He scored his 31st on a rebound to pass Rooney and added two more from the penalty spot to take his Champions League tally to 12 goals since moving to Bayern a year ago.
The former Tottenham striker now has 53 goals in 50 games in all competitions since moving to Bayern and has scored nine goals in his last three games for club and country including two for England against Finland in his 100th international game and a hat trick Saturday for Bayern against Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga.
Another record was broken when Thomas Müller came off the bench to play his 152nd Champions League game for Bayern. That’s the most for a player for one club, breaking a tie with former Barcelona player Xavi Hernandez.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this story.