Bayern Munich had many standouts during its 6-1 victory over Holstein Kiel, but no one — even on a day where Harry Kane scored a hat trick and Jamal Musiala was dazzling — might have been more effective and efficient than central midfielder Joshua Kimmich.
Kimmich, who spent last season playing some in the central midfield and some at right-back, took advantage of Bayern Munich’s massive amount of possession and even when the team did briefly lose the ball, did his best to win it back.
Kimmich won possession in the midfield 10 times against Holstein Kiel per WhoScored.com:
Joshua Kimmich won possession in the midfield third 10 times in Bayern Munich’s 6-1 win at Holstein Kiel on Saturday, a record in a Bundesliga match this season. pic.twitter.com/oiisVFBxjS
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) September 15, 2024
In addition to that, Kimmich also made 119 accurate passes, yet another season-high in the Bundesliga:
It is these kinds of performances that have Bayern Munich board member for sport Max Eberl ready to re-up Kimmich’s contract.
“We felt with the way we want to play football, Josh fits better in midfield in order to bring his qualities. We also have two natural right-backs with Sacha Boey and Josip Stanišić. Therefore the departure of Mazraoui was only logical, because three right-backs would’ve been too much,” Eberl said during an appearance on Sport1-Dopplepass (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). “We spoke to Josh clearly. This is an important time for him. We made it clear to him that he should become one of the faces of Bayern Munich. We will aim for an extension, it’s a big topic for us. Joshua feels very comfortable in Munich. We told him whether he still has the fire for FC Bayern, and he still has it. I won’t talk about contractual details here.”
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