Harry Kane can pay for your Valentine?s date by opening the scoring in Rome as Bayern Munich win at Lazio
England captain Harry Kane can fire Bayern Munich to victory at Lazio (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)
Harry Kane was bought by Bayern Munich with the express desire of rekindling their love affair with the Champions League but it is going to take more than a Valentine?s Day date in the Eternal City to get their special relationship back on track.
The Bundesliga champions should return from Rome with a healthy first-leg lead in the last-16 tie as opponents Lazio are mediocre Serie A fare seeking to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament for the first time in 24 years.
Bayern are desperate to become European champions for a seventh time, most recently lifting the trophy in 2020 when they beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in Lisbon, a match played behind closed doors because of the Covid pandemic.
Manager Thomas Tuchel has enjoyed success in the competition, reaching that final with PSG and winning the tournament with Chelsea the following season, but all is not well at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern trail Bayer Leverkusen by five points in the race for their domestic crown after being outclassed in a 3-0 defeat at their title rivals on Saturday and reports in German newspaper Bild suggest Jose Mourinho, without a job after parting company with Roma, is being lined up to take charge.
Facing Lazio could be just the tonic for both Tuchel and Bayern, however, as the Italians have won just one of their last four matches and are eighth in the table after finishing second last...
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