MUNICH — Harry Kane skilled following a calf damage and is traveling with the Bayern Munich squad to Italy on Monday forward of Tuesday’s Champions League game at Atalanta.
Kane missed Friday’s 4-1 win over Borussia Monchengladbach within the Bundesliga with what coach Vincent Kompany described as a “knock on his calf.” Nicolas Jackson performed in his place and scored as Bayern continued its push for the German title.
The England captain’s motion did not appear to be affected Monday as he strode out for coaching and joined teammates in some workouts with the ball.
Bayern heads to Italy aiming to proceed a run of reaching at least the Champions League quarterfinals in every of the final six seasons.
Atalanta managed a exceptional turnaround at house in Bergamo within the earlier spherical to get rid of one other German group, beating Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on mixture, however are winless in three Italian league and cup video games since then leaving them seventh in Serie A.
Kompany, although, stated there may be no complacency from his facet at the New Balance Arena on Tuesday evening.
“We are playing against a physically strong team,” the Belgian stated at a press convention. “The way Atalanta press has been impressive for several years, that has been a big part of their success.
“They have gotten expertise in Europe, claimed a convincing win over a powerful Leverkusen facet — they’re no simple opponent, no one ought to underestimate them.”
Bayern lead Dortmund by 11 factors within the desk with 9 video games left to play within the Bundesliga season.
Information from PA and The Associated Press was used on this report.
