Arsenal is not going to “worry” Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane after they face the German champions of their Champions League quarter-final, says captain Martin Odegaard.
Kane has scored 38 targets since becoming a member of Bayern from Tottenham Hotspur final summer season, having netted 14 for Spurs in 19 video games in opposition to the Gunners.
The primary leg at Emirates Stadium is on Tuesday at 20:00 BST.
“[He’s] a very good participant, we all know his high quality within the field,” mentioned Odegaard.
“I feel we must always respect him however I do not suppose we must always worry anybody and we must always give attention to ourselves.”
Kane is joint high of the Champions League scorers chart this season with six targets in eight matches, a feat matched by Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann.
No one throughout Europe’s high 5 leagues has scored extra top-flight targets than his 32 this marketing campaign.
Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus known as Kane “the perfect finisher on this planet” whereas supervisor Mikel Arteta mentioned “his numbers over the previous 10 years are unbelievable”.
Regardless of Kane’s goalscoring achievements, Bayern are impossible to safe a twelfth consecutive Bundesliga title this season. They path leaders Bayer Leverkusen by 16 factors.
As for Arsenal, they’re high of the Premier League on objective distinction with seven video games remaining.
The Gunners are hoping to succeed in the semi-finals of the Champions League for the primary time in 15 years.
Bayern final reached the semis after they received the competitors in 2020.
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Arsenal haven’t any recent damage considerations with Jurrien Timber a long-term absentee with a knee damage.
As for Bayern, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is a doubt, as are midfielders Leroy Sane, Kingsley Coman and Aleksandar Pavlovic, plus defender Noussair Mazraoui.
Sacha Boey, Bouna Sarr, Tarek Buchmann and Noel Aseko-Nkili are more likely to miss the match by damage.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
- Arsenal have misplaced their previous three video games in opposition to Bayern Munich by the identical 5-1 scoreline (all within the Champions League), which is their joint greatest margin of defeat in European competitors (4 targets). The newest assembly in March 2017 was additionally Arsenal’s heaviest defeat in any competitors at Emirates Stadium
- That is the fifth Champions League marketing campaign wherein Arsenal and Bayern will meet within the knockout levels, with the German facet progressing on all earlier 4 events (2004-05, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2016-17 – all within the final 16).
Arsenal
- This might be Arsenal’s first sport within the quarter-finals of the Champions League since 2009-10, after they misplaced 6-3 on mixture in opposition to Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona.
- The Gunners have solely progressed from two of their seven quarter-final ties within the European Cup/Champions League.
- Bukayo Saka has been straight concerned in seven targets in seven appearances within the Champions League this season (three targets, 4 assists), essentially the most of any Arsenal participant. The final participant to register extra mixed targets and assists in a single marketing campaign for the membership was Alexis Sanchez in 2015-16 (eight – three targets, 5 assists).
Bayern Munich
- Bayern have misplaced their previous two away video games within the knockout levels of the Champions League (3-0 v Manchester Metropolis and 1-0 v Lazio); the final time they misplaced three in a row away from residence within the knockout rounds was between April 2009 and April 2010 (defeats by Barcelona, Fiorentina and Manchester United).
- Harry Kane has scored 14 targets in 19 appearances in opposition to Arsenal; solely netting extra in opposition to Leicester (20) and Everton (16) in his skilled profession.
