Kane Reacts as Olise Faces Bayern Munich Absence for Arsenal Clash
Bayern Munich threw away a 3-2 lead and had to settle for a 3-3 draw at Viking in the Champions League, after Michael Olise was sent off for a silly second yellow card and Harry Kane admitted the winger must learn from it.
Kane scored twice and Luis Diaz also netted as Bayern came back from two goals down in Norway. But Olise lost his cool by throwing the ball at Viking captain Zlatko Tripic, and the red card changed the game. Herman Haugen then grabbed an equaliser in the 90th minute.
Viking made a flying start. Gianni Stensness headed them in early, and Peter Christiansen added a clinical finish to put the hosts 2-0 up. Bayern hit back through Kane's two goals and Diaz's strike, and it looked like they would take all three points.
Olise had already been booked for a tactical foul just moments before his second booking, which made his reaction even harder to understand. The ban means he will miss Bayern's next European game against Arsenal.
Kane did not hide his frustration after the match. Michael Olise RED CARD in Viking vs Bayern Munich UCL game. https://t.co/oNawMzposi
"He'll have to take responsibility obviously, he'll have to learn from it," the England captain told reporters.
He then added: "It's a shame because obviously we have big games coming up in the Champions League now and he's going to be gutted to miss those games. But this is football. Sometimes mistakes can happen, it's life."
Kane's double stretched his own run to nine Champions League games in a row with a goal. It also lifted him to joint-eighth on the competition's all-time scoring list with 57 goals. Even so, he felt the team should have done better.
"We should have won the game with the second-half performance," he said. He then summed it up by saying: "You take the point and you move on."
The result was a wild one, but not a shock given Viking's habits. Their last 12 UEFA matches have produced 53 goals, an average of 4.4 per game. The draw also stopped Bayern's momentum after their 5-0 win over Bodo/Glimt last month.
Next up for Vincent Kompany's side is a home game against RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Saturday, October 17. After that comes the Champions League trip to face Arsenal next Wednesday, a much tougher test than either of Bayern's first two European opponents, and one they will have to play without Olise.


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