Harry Kane has been sent a “rules apply” message after moaning about the yellow card that could see him miss Bayern Munich’s title-clinching fixture.
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Star striker has picked up five bookingsMust now serve a one-match banTrip to Leipzig could clinch Bundesliga titleFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Having waited his entire career to land a major trophy, the England captain is closing in on a Bundesliga title triumph. Bayern could confirm their coronation as kings of German football in a meeting with RB Leipzig on Saturday.
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Talismanic frontman Kane, with 36 goals to his name this season, will sit out that contest through suspension. He collected his fifth caution of the campaign last time out and must now serve a one-match ban.
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The 31-year-old frontman has hit out at the “crazy decision” that saw him booked against Mainz, while also questioning Bundesliga disciplinary codes, but he has been reminded that everybody must abide by the same rules.
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Bayern legend Lothar Matthaus has said in his column for : “After the win against Mainz, Harry Kane complained about his yellow card , which will suspend him from the next game in Leipzig. His criticism of referee Bastian Dankert was, in my opinion, unjustified. There are rules, and they apply to Kane as well.
“One can debate whether Dankert should have shown more sensitivity, but in other games too there were yellow or even yellow-red cards for delaying the game, such as in Bremen's win against Mainz at the end of January.”
