{"id":5506,"date":"2026-05-07T17:50:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5506"},"modified":"2026-05-07T17:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:50:36","slug":"the-english-players-with-the-goal-contributions-in-champions-league-knockout-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5506","title":{"rendered":"The English players with the goal contributions in Champions League knockout ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Harry Kane\u2019s hopes of Champions League success came to an end this week, after Bayern Munich were eliminated in the semi-finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The England captain could not have done much more to help his side through the tournament, scoring 14 goals in 13 games, including in both semi-final ties against PSG.<\/p>\n<p>Kane set several records, including the most goals ever scored in a single Champions League campaign by an English player.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/thefootballfaithful.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr-premium-DISABLED\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HARRY KANE SCORES HIS 60TH GOAL FOR CLUB AND COUNTRY THIS SEASON \ud83d\udcab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oziaHPD8IN\">pic.twitter.com\/oziaHPD8IN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B\/R Football (@brfootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brfootball\/status\/2052130618180321317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also became the first Bayern Munich player in history to score in six straight knockout games, and only the second player to ever achieve the feat. Only Cristiano Ronaldo had ever done so previously.<\/p>\n<p>Kane\u2019s remarkable record has seen him climb to third for all-time goal involvements by English players in Champions League knockout games.<\/p>\n<p>His goals this season mean he\u2019s one of only four Englishman to have scored in multiple Champions League semi-finals, and he now has 20 goals and assists in knockout round games.<\/p>\n<p>Only Frank Lampard (24) and Wayne Rooney (23) have managed more among English players in the competition.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The English players with the goals and assists in UEFA Champions League knockout ties<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Frank Lampard \u2013 24<\/li>\n<li>Wayne Rooney \u2013 23<\/li>\n<li>Harry Kane \u2013 20<\/li>\n<li>Raheem Sterling \u2013 17<\/li>\n<li>Phil Foden \u2013 13<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0Champions League Awards: Kvaradona kills Bayern dream<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0Iconic Performances: Messi twists Bayern Munich inside out<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Facebook\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | YouTube | TikTok<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Kane\u2019s hopes of Champions League success came to an end this week, after Bayern&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}