Curious moment: Was Kane pushed himself as he scored? | OneFootball

Harry Kane is at the center of a curious corner-kick incident. One detail suddenly casts the discussion in a completely different light.

New images of the contentious incident are circulating online—and they show a surprising movement in the six-yard box. A video from the channel labestianegra1900 suggests that Niklas Süle nudges Kane in the hip during the corner. This gives the previously hotly debated scene before Bayern’s opening goal against Borussia Dortmund a whole new twist.

At first, it looked as though Kane had given himself the decisive advantage. Record national team player Lothar Matthäus called the goal irregular on Sky and explained: “A clear foul. He gained a clear advantage.” The ex-pro felt the referee should have intervened or at least consulted the video review.

However, the VAR did not step in—the referee’s decision stood. In the officials’ view, there was apparently no clear and obvious error. Kane, who scored with a header in the 22nd minute from a Joshua Kimmich corner, thus netted his 12th goal of the season.

Kane: “I’m just using my body”

“Everyone keeps asking me that,” said the Englishman afterward about the incident. “I didn’t think at all that it could be a foul,” he added. “I’m just using my body to create a bit of space.”

The new footage actually shows both: Süle gives Kane a slight nudge, and shortly after the striker uses his body to push Guirassy away. This raises the question of whether the referee should have called a foul on Kane and disallowed the goal—or a foul on Süle and thus a penalty for Bayern. In the end, the goal stood, Bayern won 2–1, and maintained their perfect record at the top of the table.

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