Harry Kane urges Bayern to build momentum after reaching Champions League quarter-finals

Harry Kane has urged Bayern Munich to use their Champions League last-16 victory over Lazio on Tuesday night to build some momentum for the rest of the season.

England striker Kane was the star at the Allianz Arena as Bayern overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit, scoring in each half either side of Thomas Muller's goal to send the German giants through to the quarter-finals.

“It was a perfect night for us,” Kane, 30, told Amazon Prime. “Everyone with energy, all around the pitch, the way we played and created chances and pressed without the ball – it was a top, top performance.”

The Champions League represents Bayern's best chance of silverware this season amid a disappointing domestic campaign by their standards. Second in the Bundesliga, Bayern trail leaders Bayer Leverkusen by 10 points with 10 games to go having been knocked out of the German Cup by third-tier Saarbrucken.

The win over Lazio also earns departing Bayern manager Thomas Tuchel a stay of execution. It has been announced that Tuchel will leave the club at the end of the season, although there had been reports he could be sacked sooner if Bayern failed to get past Lazio.

“It's the most difficult trophy to win in Europe, probably the world,” Tuchel, who won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021, told reporters. “But it doesn't get any easier or more difficult if you have a long contract or if you're leaving at the end of the season.”

Kane recognised the manner of Tuchel's imminent exit was “unusual” but said, “nights like this can change the season … we just have to keep this momentum up.”

Speaking to reporters after the victory while holding the man-of-the-match trophy, Kane said he hoped it was “a turning point for the rest of the year”.

“If we perform