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Harry Kane to miss Bayern's game with Monchengladbach due to minor injury

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Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane will miss Friday's ⁠Bundesliga home game against Borussia Monchengladbach due to a calf injury, coach Vincent Kompany said ‌on Thursday.

[p]England captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kane-harry/v5HSlEAa/"]Kane[/a] has been in outstanding form this season ‌and scored twice in the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/dortmund-nP1i5US1/?mid=dQO6K8Jb"]3-2 victory[/a] ‌at second-placed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a] last week which put them ‌11 points clear at the top.[/p][p][b]"He took ‌a knock to his calf and has not fully recovered yet," [/b]Kompany told a press conference.[b] "It's just a knock, ‌nothing serious for the near future ⁠but we may ‌be a day short of him being able to play."[/b][/p][p][b]"We're ​pretty relaxed about it, but obviously we would have liked Harry to be ​there."[/b][/p][embed guid="cafcfc27-4097-45cb-ae6e-5c2382705a1e" url="https://x.com/FCBayernEN/status/2029496071953453158" social-type="twitter" /][p]Kane has equalled a league record with at least two goals in four consecutive matches, and has ⁠netted 30 times ​in 24 Bundesliga games this season.[/p][p][b]The 32-year-old is looking to break the all-time Bundesliga record of 41 goals held by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lewandowski-robert/MVC8zHZD/"]Robert Lewandowski[/a]. He also matched ‌a league record with his 10th converted penalty.[/b][/p][p]Defenders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ito-hiroki/4ULsVw9c/"]Hiroki Ito[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davies-alphonso/4r3PXV20/"]Alphonso Davies[/a] will also be missing with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a] bracing for a busy schedule, with their Champions League round of 16 first leg at Italy's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atalanta/8C9JjMXu/"]Atalanta[/a] next week.[/p][p]Kompany warned their big advantage in the standings did not mean the title was wrapped up. Bayern are on ‌63 points with Dortmund second on 52 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hoffenheim/hQAtP9Sl/"]​Hoffenheim[/a] third on 46.[/p][p][b]"We've had an 11-point lead ‌before and we know how quickly that can change,"[/b] said the Belgian. [b]"We only focus on our performance and our wins – I glanced at the table once after the Dortmund game, ⁠and it looked good. ⁠But after that, ‌only Gladbach mattered again."[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/b-monchengladbach-88HSzjDr/bayern-munich-nVp0wiqd/?mid=Czf4T32T"]Follow Bayern Munich vs Monchengladbach with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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