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I don't think it was only because of Kane absence that Bayern Munich lost their match against Mainz. Bayern Munich played with a lot of injuries, they were without some key first team players like Manuel Neur, Alphonso Davies. Mainz played very well, they were able to take advantage of Bayern Munich’s weak defense. It was a step up from a disappointing outing against Wolfsburg in their previous match.
Although Kane presence does not guarantee victory for Bayern Munich, he is a difference maker up front who can convert opportunities into goals. It must be admitted that in this match Mainz was more dominant in taking advantage of opportunities, they also managed to put pressure on Bayern who were without several key players. This defeat is a valuable lesson for Kompany, he must find a solution to the fragility of the defense to avoid the same mistake when facing Leipzig who are much stronger than Mainz.
Kane ability to open up the opponent defence has been an important factor for Munich front line so far, although he cant score goals but at least he can open up and trouble the opponent defence, so that will provide opportunities for other Munich players to score goals, in my opinion at this time losing Kane has had a significant impact and it must be addressed immediately by Kompany ahead of the match against Leipzig, Mainz is a defensive team and often relies on counter-attacks in attack, while Leipzig actually so far have a good balance on every line, so in addition to optimising the attack line, Kompany needs to focus on strengthening the defence considering Leipzig attack which is quite impressive.
Although it sounds very excessive just because of Kane's absence, the Bayern Munich team could not win the match, but in fact it is true, we can see when Bayern Munich lost against Mainz last weekend and Bayern Munich controlled the ball position but Bayern Munich's front line could not maximize the opportunity to become a goal and that is proof that so far the Bayern Munich team has been very dependent on Kane in the front line.
For the next match against Leipzig, of course it will be very difficult for Bayern Munich, and last weekend's defeat should be a lesson for Kompany to make the Bayern Munich team much better in the match against Leipzig, this is important for Bayern Munich to maintain its position in the Bundesliga standings.