Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany has backed his aspect to attain sufficient objectives to succeed this season, regardless of an harm to star striker Harry Kane.
The England captain, who has 20 objectives throughout all competitions this season and leads the Bundesliga scorers’ listing with 14, suffered a thigh muscle injury in Saturday’s 1-1 league draw at Borussia Dortmund.
Kane is anticipated to be out for “a number of video games” however Kompany mentioned he hoped he might nonetheless return to motion earlier than the winter break begins on Dec. 22. Bayern are prime of the Bundesliga, 4 factors forward of Eintracht Frankfurt.
“It is troublesome to say at this second however there’s a likelihood for him to nonetheless play this 12 months,” Kompany instructed a information convention on Monday.
“But he’ll miss a number of video games and to interchange him, you recognize you can’t change the objectives or the participant one-for-one. That’s why he’s a prime participant.”
Kompany mentioned gamers akin to Thomas Müller Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise and Leroy Sané had sufficient expertise to fill the hole.
“We have expertise within the staff and wish to resolve it otherwise. We will not be missing expertise tomorrow however it should look completely different,” Kompany mentioned.
“We have many choices. Thomas Müller, Mathys Tel, Gnabry, Olise, Leroy. I now named virtually everybody. Obviously, Harry has scored 20 objectives… however we’ve got harmful gamers in assault.”
Bayern face Bayer Leverkusen within the German Cup round-of-16 on Tuesday. They have not gained the event since 2020 and have did not get previous the quarterfinals since, dropping within the second spherical in three of the previous 4 seasons.
“We play the Cup holders tomorrow. One of the highest two or three video games in Germany, and I hope our efficiency will match the significance of the sport,” Kompany mentioned.
