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Bayern's Plan B
Perhaps another advantage of Kimmich playing centrally, with Philippe Coutinho ahead of him is that it gives Bayern Munich a different dimension. The Bavarians have a largely wing-focussed attack and that continues to be the case but as they displayed in this game, they're able to change focus and play a bit through the middle.
Coutinho and Kimmich actually combined for the opening goal scored by Lewandowski. With Kimmich and Tolisso sitting behind him, Coutinho also has the license to roam and link-up play in different areas. If those three can carry forward this understanding to future games, teams will find it more difficult than usual to play Bayern Munich.
Once Lewandowski and Coutinho went off, Gnabry started to combine with Muller offering a different dimension as well. Although more focused on the wings as Bayern usually are, it was still a slight tweak to the system. It seems like Kovac is really starting to give this team some layers which will be useful as the season progresses.
