'I wouldn't like to be at the airport': Fears for humiliated Dinamo Zagreb players after record defeat to Bayern Munich
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Mark Bosnich feared for Dinamo Zagreb's players and staff after the Croatian club conceded the most goals in Champions League history on Wednesday (AEST).
"That's not a misprint everybody: 9-2," Bosnich said on Stan Sport after Bayern Munich went ballistic on a record breaking night at Allianz Arena.
"I really feel sorry for those players. I wouldn't like to be at the airport when they return, put it that way."
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Harry Kane of Bayern Munich shoots on goal. Getty
Harry Kane broke Wayne Rooney's record for the most Champions League goals by an English player as the striker scored four times.
It was one of several records broken in one of the highest scoring games in Champions League history - and an emphatic start to European competition for new manager Vincent Kompany.
"Amazing game, a bit of a crazy game for sure," Kane said.
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"To score all those goals in the end was a great night."
Kane took his tally to 33 in the competition by scoring in the 19th, 53rd, 73rd and 78th minutes - three of the goals were penalties - to surpass Rooney's record of 30.
"To be honest, after the second (penalty) I didn't really know what to do with the third one, but thankfully I was able to put it away," Kane said.
It was the highest scoring game in the competition in terms of total goals since Borussia Dortmund beat Legia Warsaw 8-4 in 2016.
"I've actually tipped Bayern Munich to win it this season," Bosnich said.
"A lot of people rolled their eyes at me because of the fact that they've got a new manager. But I really do fancy them."
Harry Kane of Bayern Munich celebrates. Getty
Four other Bayern players scored in the emphatic win including two goals for Michael Olise on his Champions League debut after signing from Crystal Palace.
Leon Goretzka's header in stoppage time made Bayern the first team to score nine goals in the Champions League era.
The 31-year-old Kane has scored 12 Champions League goals since moving to Bayern a year ago and scored 21 before that for Tottenham.
Sergej Jakirovi of Dinamo looks on at the Allianz Arena. Getty
Kane now has 53 goals in 50 games in all competitions since moving to Bayern.
Kane has scored nine goals in his last three games for club and country including two for England against Finland in his 100th international game and a hat trick last weekend for Bayern against Holstein Kiel in the Bundesliga.
Kane and Kylian Mbappe were joint top scorers in last season's Champions League with eight goals each.
Mbappe also got on the scoresheet as he scored his first Champions League goal with Real Madrid.
Mbappe found the open net after a cross by Rodrygo just seconds into the second half against Stuttgart at the Bernabeu.
Defending champions Madrid needed late goals from Antonio Rudiger and Endrick to win 3-1.
Mbappe failed to win the Champions League in six seasons with Paris Saint-Germain.
The playmaker left PSG as a free agent at the end of last season to join Madrid following a decade-long pursuit by the Spanish powerhouse that has won the Champions League six times in the last 11 years.
"It was a great night," Mbappe said.
"It was a tough match, as they always are in the Champions League, but it was important to start with the win at home."
Mbappe celebrated with a gesture in which he appeared to blow candles and sending a kiss.
Spanish media said it was to honour his mother's 50th birthday.
