Harry Kane reveals 'worst' moment of his career

Harry Kane has opened up about the worst moment of his career following England’s qualification for the 2026 World Cup, where the Three Lions thrashed Latvia 5-0 in Riga on Tuesday night to maintain their 100% record.

The England captain is keen on righting some wrongs and has set himself an ambitious goal target as he looks to continue his stellar form in the season.

The Bayern Munich striker, who has bagged 21 goals in all competitions this season, was on the scoresheet against Latvia on Tuesday night, scoring a brace after sitting out England’s 3-0 win over Wales last week due to injury.

The brace in Riga was Kane’s fifth and sixth goals in World Cup qualifying and extended his scoring streak for club and country to eight matches.

Last season’s Bundesliga Golden Boot winner, Kane, has been sensational this season, already scoring 16 Bayern goals across just nine appearances for the Bavarian giants.

The former Tottenham Hotspur star won his first major trophy in his second season after joining Vincent Kompany’s side two seasons ago. He wasted no time in hitting the ground running, and he scored 41 goals in all competitions in the 2024/25 campaign.

Bayern are the favourites to win the Bundesliga for the second consecutive year and a real contender to lift the Champions League.

Meanwhile, Kane is hoping this serves as a boost heading into the World Cup, as England looks to win the famous trophy for the first time since 1966.

The 32-year-old is also looking to right some World Cup wrongs as he aims to captain England to international glory, being reminded of missing a decisive penalty against France in the quarter-finals in Qatar in 2022, having already netted from the spot as England fell to a 2-1 loss to Didier Deschamps’ side.

“I’d say that was probably the worst that I felt in any moment,” Kane told the Telegraph.

“Obviously, I’ve lost finals before. To have that responsibility, you almost feel like it fell on my shoulders, and I guess not being able to execute something that I’ve been able to execute many times in my career… I think that was the hardest part to process and take.

“I learnt from that, the way that motivated me to get even better and improve, not just from the penalty side in terms of improving my technique, but as an all-round player. To know I want to be back there, I want to help England get back there.”

Kane has revealed that miss prompted a change to his penalty taking technique, adding: “I changed my technique a little bit. I improved in that sense which I was proud of.

“And that’s always what I will try and do. In terms of that [penalty miss] being my last memory [of a World Cup], yeah, I’m looking forward to the next World Cup to try and put that right, to try and go further, to try and lift the trophy as we all dream of doing.

“And the opportunity is always there when that comes around. I think those moments only shape you as a person, as a player and it’s definitely helped me to become a better player.”