Wayne Rooney criticised and questioned Harry Kane assessment of Bayern Munich’s performance after he hailed their DEFENDERS in the 5-4 thriller first leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
Bayern lost by the odd goal in a chaotic nine-goal epic at the Parc des Princes on a night where the quality of both teams’ forwards was hailed.
But Kane, who opened the scoring with a first-half penalty, instead chose to focus on the defenders in red in a post-match Amazon Prime interview.
‘Even though there was nine goals scored, there was some amazing defending out there in the 1v1 battles.,’ Kane said.
‘You’ve got the best players in the world. The best attackers, the best defenders. Of course, sometimes the attackers are going to come out on top and show their quality.
Harry Kane and Bayern Munich’s players after their 5-4 defeat by PSG on Tuesday night
Rooney, working as a pundit, was not impressed with Kane’s claims in a post-match interview
‘When you go back and look at the centre-halves playing in midfield, in attack sometimes, out wide against the wingers, credit to them. It’s a really hard job. I thought they were outstanding.’
Rooney though, thought his former England team-mate’s comments were nonsense.
‘Listen, I love Harry Kane,’ Rooney said. ‘But there’s no way he can be praising his defenders.’
Vincent Kompany’s men had a backline of Jonathan Tah, goalscorer Dayot Upamecano, Alphonso Davies and Josip Stanisic in front of Manuel Neuer.
‘Maybe because they are his team-mates he is trying to give them a bit of confidence for next week,’ Rooney added.
‘I think the defending from both teams tonight was really bad, so I think he’s being a bit modest there.’
More to follow.
