April 16th, 2025, 05:25 am at
Harry Kane said he adopted the penalty technique after seeing Brazilian forward Neymar and other well-known spot kick specialists.
The England captain said he once wanted power and accuracy, but now he’s trying to find an early move from the goalkeeper before taking the penalty.
“We’ve had quite a few players over the years who have been punished with such penalties,” the Bayern Munich forward told TNT Sports Brasil.
Harry Kane has revised his penalty-taking technique in recent years. Boris Streubel/Getty Images
“I think [some players] Dive into my head, [Mario] This is what Balotelli looked like, Neymar looked like. There was a player waiting before the keeper hit it. That wasn’t what I did before, I wanted more power and accuracy than before. ”
Kane, 31, missed a key penalty in England’s 2022 World Cup quarterfinals in a loss to France, converting a spot kick early in the second half before lifting the kick high in the closing stage.
“When I missed that penalty at the World Cup, I felt there was something I could change, especially if I took two penalties in the game,” he said. “That’s something I wanted to try to improve. Thankfully, it was good.”
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Kane has scored 34 goals in 41 matches this season in all competitions for league leader Bayern.
He was the top Bundesliga scorer with 23 goals and changed all of his nine penalties in the competition.
“I’m always trying to find small ways to get better,” he said. “that [penalty taking] It’s one of them. Certainly it helped my penalty. I’m clearly running. I need to keep doing what I’m doing. ”
