Jamie Carragher has declared Harry Kane “one of the greatest goalscorers the game has ever seen” after the England captain struck twice in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 Champions League victory over Chelsea at the Allianz Arena.
Kane opened the scoring from the penalty spot before pouncing on a mistake from Malo Gusto just after the hour mark to seal Bayern’s win.
The 32-year-old now has 10 goals in just six appearances this season and an astonishing 95 in 102 matches since joining the German champions in the summer of 2023.
His overall career tally stands at 391 goals in 602 senior appearances across spells with Bayern, Tottenham, Millwall, Norwich City, Leicester City and Leyton Orient — numbers Carragher says cement him among the best strikers in football history.
“He is one of the greatest goalscorers the game has ever seen,” Carragher said on CBS Sports.
“I think he is England’s greatest ever goalscorer.
“He’s done it in the Premier League with a team that aren’t one of the top teams. He’s gone abroad now with Bayern Munich — all eyes are on him and there’s huge pressure.
“You think of strikers England have had in the past — and there have been some great ones — but he’s scored more goals for England than Alan Shearer.
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"If he’d stayed in the Premier League, he would have broken Shearer’s record too.
“His numbers are off the scale. He can drop deep, get on the ball and play people in. He’s the best striker England have ever had.”
Kane, whose arrival was billed as the final piece in Bayern’s push for European glory, said winning the Champions League remains his ultimate target.
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Jamie Carragher believes Harry Kane is the best goalscorer England have ever produced following Bayern Munich's win over Chelsea
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“That’s the aim,” he said after his heroics.
“I said yesterday we have a mountain to climb — there’s a long way from now until hopefully that moment.
“Our focus is on trying to qualify as high up in the league as we can, but at a club like this that expectation is always there.
"People will put us among the top five favourites to win it, and we have to deal with that.
"I feel like we’re building something even better and we’ve started the season in that way.
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“It was a top performance from the whole team from start to finish.
"The intensity we played with — both with and without the ball — was at the highest level.
"Against a really good side, I think we deserved to win. The perfect way to start the campaign.”
Bayern remain unbeaten this season under manager Vincent Kompany, who praised Kane for “raising the level of everyone around him” since his arrival.