Harry Kane labelled the defending in Bayern Munich’s 5-4 Champions League semi-final first leg defeat at PSG as “amazing” – but Wayne Rooney disagreed.The nine-goal thriller was the first time in a European semi-final match that both teams scored four or more goals.
Kane, who opened the scoring from the penalty spot, declared at full-time on Amazon Prime: “Even though there was nine goals scored, there was some amazing defending out there.
“You’ve got the best players in the world. The best attackers, the best defenders. Of course, sometimes the attackers are going to come out on top and show their quality.”When you go back and look at the centre-halves playing in midfield, in attack sometimes, out wide against the wingers, credit to them. It’s a really hard job. I thought they were outstanding.”
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Harry Kane opened the scoring for Bayern Munich from the penalty spot
Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany questioned those unhappy with the amount of goals scored, while also agreeing with Kane that the defending was ‘good.’ But Rooney had a different view.
He told Amazon Prime: “I love Harry Kane. Everyone can see that on the words I say about him. But, there’s no way he can be praising his defenders.
“Maybe because they are his team-mates. He’s trying to give them a bit of confidence for next week. The defending from both teams was really bad. If he’s being honest.”Both teams have so much quality at the top end of the pitch that they probably forgot to defend. That means we get to enjoy some great goals.
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PSG’s Joao Neves made it 2-1
“But, what the better players do is find a way through. When you’re playing against top attackers, you need to adapt.”You don’t hear defenders communicating anymore. You used to hear Jamie Carragher screaming at his defenders for Liverpool. It used to annoy me, but it got his full-backs back in.”You don’t get that level of communication now. That’s as a result of the coaching.”
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2026-04-28 22:45:00
