Kane's missed penalty overshadows Bayern Munich's share of the spoils with Dortmund
A stoppage-time Fábio Silva equaliser denied Bayern Munich victory in Der Klassiker, with new Ballon d'Or winner Harry Kane missing from the spot and twice finding the woodwork.
Harry Kane struck the post twice and missed a penalty as Bayern Munich were pegged back to a 2-2 draw by Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker, a result that left both sides level on points and still unbeaten after eight rounds of the Bundesliga season, according to The Analyst.
Konrad Laimer put the hosts ahead in the 38th minute, converting the rebound after Gregor Kobel had blocked his first effort with his foot. Dayot Upamecano restored Bayern's lead in the 66th minute, tucking home after Kane headed Joshua Kimmich's cross back across goal. Serhou Guirassy had levelled in between, and Fábio Silva settled it with a finish past Jonas Urbig with just a minute of normal time left, The Analyst reported.
Kane had entered the match for the first time since collecting the Ballon d'Or in a ceremony in London on Monday, the Guardian noted, and had been an unused substitute in Bayern's 6-1 German Cup win over Magdeburg in midweek. He showed the award to the Allianz Arena crowd before kick-off and wore custom white and gold boots for the occasion.
A missed spot-kick that changed the game's momentum
Bayern led 1-0 when Felix Nmecha was penalised for handling Kane's volley from a corner. Kane stepped up himself but fired against the crossbar, missing only his second penalty in 27 Bundesliga attempts, with his sole previous failure coming against Wolfsburg in May, per Opta data cited by The Analyst.
The miss is instructive beyond the scoreline. Kane finished the match without a shot on target from six attempts, the second-highest tally without one in a Bundesliga game this season. A striker of his profile converting from the spot with Bayern already a goal up would likely have settled the contest; instead the save-less miss seemed to unlock a spell of chaos in which Dortmund scored twice in seven minutes either side of the hour mark.
Kane did still finish with a hand in both of Bayern's goals in a broader sense — he set up Upamecano's tap-in with the header back across goal, taking him to 10 direct goal involvements in the league this season, level with Antonio Nusa for the joint-second-most behind only the outright leader, The Analyst's figures show. It is a reminder that individual output and match-winning influence are not the same thing: a player can tick the underlying numbers while still missing the moment that mattered most.
The disallowed goal that exposed Bayern's vulnerability
A pass from Kim Min-jae left Upamecano exposed deep inside Bayern's own box, and Dortmund briefly thought they had scored when Carney Chukwuemeka nipped in to rob the centre-back, teeing up Jobe Bellingham to finish. A VAR review overturned the goal, ruling that Chukwuemeka had impeded Urbig in the build-up, The Analyst detailed.
The passage still mattered tactically even without the goal standing. It showed how exposed Bayern's defensive line was to pressure in build-up, with a routine pass back drawing Dortmund's forwards into a high press that nearly paid off directly. Chukwuemeka's instinct to close down the space the moment possession turned over was a transition trigger that Bayern would have to guard against for the rest of the afternoon, and Dortmund kept finding similar pockets as the game wore on.
Woodwork and injuries told their own story
Bayern hit the frame of the goal four times in total, the Guardian reported. Michael Olise thumped an early effort against the post in the 10th minute, Kane struck the post later in the second half only to be saved by a delayed offside call, he then failed to guide a separate curling effort inside the same upright, and Lennart Karl crashed a shot against the woodwork in stoppage time after Silva had already equalised.
Bayern's afternoon was further complicated by three injury withdrawals. Ismael Saibari was the first to go off after colliding with Kobel while attempting a lob that the Dortmund goalkeeper smothered, with Serge Gnabry following shortly after. Olise, Bayern's brightest attacking outlet on the day, limped off late on as well, according to The Analyst.
Silva's winner-that-wasn't came after Aleksandar Pavlovic went down under a challenge from Konstantinos Karetsas that The Analyst described as soft, with the Dortmund substitute drilling the loose ball past Urbig moments later. The sequence of fortune — a soft-looking foul call going Dortmund's way at the one moment Bayern could least afford it, after a string of woodwork near-misses — captured a match that swung on fine margins rather than any sustained territorial dominance by either side.
The draw leaves Bayern and Dortmund level at the top of the Bundesliga table, both still unbeaten, with Kane's underwhelming return from his individual honour the headline talking point from an afternoon that otherwise hinged on a reviewed goal, a string of near-misses off the frame, and a finish with a minute to go.