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05/09 13:45 CDT Harry Kane's Bundesliga penalty streak ends with miss and
Leipzig back in Champions League
Harry Kane's Bundesliga penalty streak ends with miss and Leipzig back in
Champions League
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
AP Sports Writer
Harry Kane's remarkable penalty conversion streak in the Bundesliga has ended
at 24 as the Bayern Munich striker missed a spot kick for the first time on
Saturday, while Leipzig secured a return to the Champions League.
Kane stepped up to the penalty spot at 0-0 against Wolfsburg after teammate
Michael Olise was fouled by defender Konstantinos Koulierakis.
Kane seemed to slip slightly as he approached the ball and his shot went wide
of the right-hand post.
Bayern still got a 1-0 win in its second-to-last Bundesliga game of the season
but it needed a spectacular curling goal off the underside of the crossbar by
Olise, and Wolfsburg's Mattias Svanberg hitting the bar in the 89th minute with
only the goalkeeper to beat.
Kane hadn't missed a penalty in the Bundesliga since he joined Bayern in 2023,
with 10 of his 24 scored this season alone.
Across all competitions, Kane has failed to convert three penalties for Bayern
this season. One was saved by third-division Wehen Wiesbaden's Florian Stritzel
in the German Cup and Kane hit the crossbar against Union Saint-Gilloise in the
Champions League.
Wolfsburg stayed 16th and in danger of relegation. It last played outside the
top division in 1997. American midfielder Kevin Paredes and Algerian striker
Mohamed Amoura were "not in the squad for disciplinary reasons," Wolfsburg said
without giving further details.
Leipzig's Champions League return Leipzig survived a late scare to secure a Champions League return for next season and a 2-1 win over St. Pauli made sure of third place in the Bundesliga. Leipzig was leading 2-0 with both goals from corners after Xaver Schlager bundled in a loose ball just before halftime and Willi Orban headed in shortly after the break. Relegation-threatened St. Pauli showed late signs of life through Abdoulie Ceesay's 86th-minute goal off an unusual long-range header assist by Jackson Irvine. It's a much better season for Leipzig after placing seventh last year, its worst top-flight finish, and also losing seven of eight Champions League games. St. Pauli was 17th in the 18-team league following its ninth winless game in a row.
Stuttgart closes on European spot Deniz Undav's 19th league goal of the season capped a 3-1 comeback win for Stuttgart over Bayer Leverkusen to leave Stuttgart in the fourth Champions League spot. Leverkusen stunned with Aleix Garcia's goal 34 seconds into the game on the counter, but Ermedin Demirovic leveled for Stuttgart in the fifth minute and won a penalty that Maximilian Mittelstdt converted to take the lead just before halftime. Undav, the second highest scorer in the league after Kane, added a third off Jamie Leweling's cross. Leverkusen was sixth with only a slim chance of a Champions League spot. Hoffenheim was level on points with Stuttgart in fifth after its 1-0 win over Werder Bremen was made easier by a fifth-minute red card for Bremen's Yukinari Sugawara for a reckless studs-up challenge. Bazoumana Toure scored the only goal from a quickly taken corner. Augsburg was ninth after a 3-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach boosted its hopes of reaching next season's Conference League. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
Leipzig's Champions League return Leipzig survived a late scare to secure a Champions League return for next season and a 2-1 win over St. Pauli made sure of third place in the Bundesliga. Leipzig was leading 2-0 with both goals from corners after Xaver Schlager bundled in a loose ball just before halftime and Willi Orban headed in shortly after the break. Relegation-threatened St. Pauli showed late signs of life through Abdoulie Ceesay's 86th-minute goal off an unusual long-range header assist by Jackson Irvine. It's a much better season for Leipzig after placing seventh last year, its worst top-flight finish, and also losing seven of eight Champions League games. St. Pauli was 17th in the 18-team league following its ninth winless game in a row.
Stuttgart closes on European spot Deniz Undav's 19th league goal of the season capped a 3-1 comeback win for Stuttgart over Bayer Leverkusen to leave Stuttgart in the fourth Champions League spot. Leverkusen stunned with Aleix Garcia's goal 34 seconds into the game on the counter, but Ermedin Demirovic leveled for Stuttgart in the fifth minute and won a penalty that Maximilian Mittelstdt converted to take the lead just before halftime. Undav, the second highest scorer in the league after Kane, added a third off Jamie Leweling's cross. Leverkusen was sixth with only a slim chance of a Champions League spot. Hoffenheim was level on points with Stuttgart in fifth after its 1-0 win over Werder Bremen was made easier by a fifth-minute red card for Bremen's Yukinari Sugawara for a reckless studs-up challenge. Bazoumana Toure scored the only goal from a quickly taken corner. Augsburg was ninth after a 3-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach boosted its hopes of reaching next season's Conference League. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer
