Arsenal may have thought they had seen the back of arch-rival Harry Kane, who moved from Tottenham to Bayern Munich in the summer, but he has returned to north London to help knock Mikel Arteta's side out of the Champions League.
The Gunners host Bayern in the quarter-final first leg on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old has scored more goals against Arsenal than anyone else in the Premier League, with 14. Five of them have played at the Emirates, the most of any non-Arsenal player.
Kane got off to a record-breaking start with 38 goals in his first 37 games in Germany.
He has scored 32 goals so far and is running away from the European Golden Shoe, the competition for top scorer in Europe's top division, which he has never won before.
The England captain became the fourth player to reach this total in a Bundesliga season after Cologne's Dieter Muller, with Bayern legends Gerd Muller and Robert Lewandowski achieving the feat three times each. .
Lewandowski's 41 goals for Bayern in 2020/21 set the Bundesliga season goals record, and Kane needs 10 goals in his final six games to break that record.
“He will win the European Golden Shoe this year and all of this will certainly add to the recognition that he is a great striker,” European football journalist Guillem Balagué said on BBC Radio 5. He spoke on a live Euroleague show.
“He broke Lewandowski's record and we start talking about legendary status.
“He adapted very quickly. He has four kids and a wife there and he's trying to learn German. He jumped out of his comfort zone and into a pressure cooker, and he's still going strong.”
On top of that, no player has scored more goals than Kane's six in this season's Champions League.
The competition could be Kane's best chance to win his first major trophy after 10 years without winning anything in Tottenham's first team.
He moved to a team that had won 11 consecutive Bundesliga titles, but with six games remaining, they are 16 points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
If Leverkusen defeat Werder Bremen on Sunday, it will be the first time Bayern have failed to become German champions since early April 2013 – when Thomas Tuchel's side lost at home to an unexpected second-place finish. If so, it might even be confirmed on Saturday – the bottom cologne.
“If Kane had more titles, he would be seen differently by everyone. The Ballon d'Or is proof of that,” Balag said.
“That shows you how popular you are, and he has never finished higher than 10th. No doubt he is at a top club now and trying to win things at a top club, We are achieving results.”
European football writer Mina Ruzuki said: “What a no-brainer for Harry Kane. Bayern have struggled at times this season, but he's come in like a duck to water. , working on it. It would be a real shame if he didn't.” Win anything. ”