Tottenham's Harry Kane sets Champions League goal record as fastest player to 20

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Harry Kane set a new Champions League record on Tuesday night in a thrilling Tottenham comeback.

Kane scored twice to put Tottenham 4-2 up against Olympiacos in Jose Mourinho's first Champions League game as Spurs' new head coach.

Those goals ensured he became the quickest player in Champions League history to score 20 goals in the competition, hitting the mark in his 24th game.

The previous record-holder for Juventus great Alessandro Del Piero, who scored his 20th goal in his 26th game. Ruud van Nistelrooy in 27 games and Filippo Inzaghi in 28.

"Not a bad player to beat. It was about qualifying, no matter how we did it but we had to win and we did that," Kane told BT Sport. "We can enjoy it and try and deep the momentum for Saturday."

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Kane's first goal in the Champions League came in his fourth game, converting a penalty in a 2-1 away loss to Monaco in November 2016. His first goal from open play came in the following matchday, a 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow.

The striker scored seven in seven in Europe the following season and added another five last term as Spurs made it all the way to the Champions League final.

With Bayern Munich to come in the final group game of the 2019-20 season, Kane has six goals in five appearances so far.

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