A goal and an assist from Harry Kane was not enough for Bayern Munich to defeat Arsenal.
Kane’s England team-mate Declan Rice scored a second-half equalizer for last season’s runners-up to secure a 2-2 draw at six-time winners Bayern in a clash between two European heavyweights in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Rice exchanged passes with Viktor Gyökeres before finding the target eight minutes from time.
Kane converted an early second-half penalty to take his tally to 16 goals in 23 career games against Arsenal, having scored in every season against the London club from 2014-15 to 2023-24 – mostly with Tottenham.
Kane also sent Alphonso Davies through on goal as Bayern responded to Eberechi Eze’s goal for Arsenal.
It was Kane’s tenth successive Champions League game with a goal – moving within one of Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of scoring in 11 consecutive games (set in 2017 and 2018).
“We had some good moments but not enough for the full 90 minutes,” Kane said.
Elsewhere, Real Madrid had a more straightforward 4-1 win over RB Leipzig after needing three goals in the last 10 minutes of their victory over Roma last week.
Madrid will face Barcelona in El Clasico on Sunday.
Earlier, Manchester United’s crisis deepened after a 4-1 debacle at competition newcomers Como, leaving the manager. Michael Carrick in danger.
Also, Aston Villa moved into second place in the league stage standings with a 3-1 win over Norwegian club Viking. Unai Emery’s side have won all three of their games, scored 12 and conceded three, trailing only two-time defending champions Paris Saint-Germain for goals scored.
In other results it was: Inter Milan 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 0; Sporting Lisbon 2, LASK 3; Lille 2, Galatasaray 4; Club Brugge 3, Lens 0; and Real Betis 1, Feyenoord 0.
Madrid and Betis – who scored with an Isco free-kick – have also won all three of their games.
The Austrian champion LASK has won the first victory in the Champions League.
Real Madrid is involved in an ongoing battle with the end of the Spanish league alleged arbitrator controversies but José Mourinho’s side should have little to complain about after a comprehensive performance against Leipzig.
Bernardo Silva’s first goal for Real Madrid came just before half-time as the former Manchester City midfielder headed in from close range after goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt failed to collect a shot from Arda Güler.
Güler added the second after the break.
Kylian Mbappé made it 3-0 with his 73rd career Champions League goal before Tidiam Gomis pulled one back for Leipzig, then former Leipzig striker Yan Diomande restored Madrid’s three-goal lead.
United have now been outscored 6-1 in their last two European games.
Nico Paz scored twice and also scored another for Cesc Fabregas’ Como, who were playing in the fourth division of Italian football just seven years ago.
“We were offside for most of the game so it was a very disappointing night,” United midfielder Youri Tielemans said. “It’s everything. You can be good tactically, but if the effort isn’t good (then it won’t work) and vice versa. You have to be good at everything and tonight we were poor. It comes down to that.”
United were already in turmoil, with defender Lisandro Martinez last week calling out the club’s hierarchy for his off-season recruitment, with director of football Jason Wilcox the obvious target of his criticism.
In January, Ruben Amorim had a falling out with Wilcox that quickly led to the manager’s sacking after just 14 months in the job.
Now Carrick could be on the way out.
In the other early game, Galatasaray won in Lille with Victor Osimhe scoring against one of his former clubs.
Paz has been auditioning to take Lionel Messi’s place in Argentina and his performance against United was a case in point.
At the tiny Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium, Paz put Como ahead two minutes in with a shot from the edge of the box when Harry Maguire left him little space.
United became the first English side to concede in the first two minutes of back-to-back European matches after Pablo Barrios scored in the first minute of Atlético Madrid’s 2-0 win last week.
Tasos Douvikas then collected a pass from Paz before beating goalkeeper Senne Lammens for his third goal in three Champions League games.
For Como’s third, Paz went in virtually unchallenged before firing around Lammens. Center back Jacobo Ramon scored Como’s fourth goal.
Joshua Zirkzee pulled one back for United in stoppage time.
United have won just one of their last 11 away games in the Champions League.
Como rose to ninth in the standings, while United dropped to 20th.
Reporting by the Associated Press.