Is Vincent Kompany sufficiently confident in the youngsters?
Bayern’s starting attacking quartet was virtually unstoppable on Friday. However, the lack of depth, if not addressed, will eventually take its toll on the players over the course of a long season.
If Bayern doesn’t get the necessary reinforcements for the attacking department before the end of the current transfer window, then Kompany would have no choice but to rely more heavily on the likes of 17-year-old winger Lennart Karl and 18-year-old striker Jonah Kusi-Asare.
Against Leipzig, Kompany did well to replace Gnabry with Karl after 69 minutes. However, he missed the trick by replacing Kane with Kusi-Asare when less than five minutes were left on the clock. There were thirteen minutes of regulation time left when the Englishman completed his hat trick by scoring the sixth and final goal.