Bayern Munich: Takeaways from narrow Der Klassiker victory

Bayern Munich players celebrating against Borussia Dortmund. (Photo by Martin Meissner - Pool/Getty Images)
Bayern Munich players celebrating against Borussia Dortmund. (Photo by Martin Meissner - Pool/Getty Images)
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Leroy Sane celebrating after scoring for Bayern Munich against Borussia Dortmund. (Photo by Friedemann Vogel – Pool/Getty Images)

Leroy Sane has successfully integrated into Bayern’s set up

Saturday was yet another good day for Bayern’s expensive summer signing. Leroy Sane came off the bench to add more spark to the attack. He managed to do it convincingly by scoring another goal at the end of the game to seal three points for Rekordmeister.

The German winger has fit the system of Die Roten seamlessly despite being out for three weeks due to a knee injury. He is providing everything that Bayern needs from a winger. Sane can come inside and play the incisive pass or curl it past the goalkeeper. He can also provide the width and stretch the opposition defense to create openings for his teammates.

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Flick has been clever with his integration since returning from a knee injury. He has been getting minute from the bench to build fitness. Most importantly, the German manager has integrated the player into a winning machine without any fuss.

As the season progresses, Sane will be getting fitter and returning to the level that he showed two years ago. Despite being out of action for more than ten months last season, Sane has been impressive for the German Champions. The Bavarian faithful has loved what Sane has shown till now. However, he is just getting started, and his ceiling is much higher.