Kane on Bayern's bench for Champions League tilt at Atalanta

BERGAMO, Italy (AP) — Harry Kane will start on the bench for Bayern Munich in the German team’s Champions League game at Atalanta on Tuesday after spending recent days recovering from a calf injury.

Nicolas Jackson starts up front for Bayern instead of Kane, who missed last week’s Bundesliga win over Borussia Monchengladbach with the calf problem.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said Monday that Kane had trained “very well” with the team but wasn’t guaranteed to start. “The important thing is that he can play a role,” Kompany said at the time.

Defender Jonathan Tah, midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic and forwards Michael Olise and Serge Gnabry all start after they were unused substitutes in Bayern’s last game Friday. Defender Josip Stanisic also returns to the starting lineup after playing off the bench Friday.

Bayern is aiming to continue a run of reaching at least the Champions League quarterfinals in each of the last six seasons.

Atalanta managed a remarkable turnaround at home in Bergamo in the previous round to eliminate another German team, beating Borussia Dortmund 4-3 on aggregate, but it is winless in three Italian league and cup games since then.

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