UEFA Champions League 2019-20: Bayern Munich vs Tottenham Hotspur - Combined XI

Who gets the nod up front - Harry Kane or Robert Lewandowski?
Who gets the nod up front - Harry Kane or Robert Lewandowski?

Wide Forwards: Serge Gnabry and Heung-Min Son

Heung Min Son scored one of the goals of the season this weekend
Heung Min Son scored one of the goals of the season this weekend

Attacking from the wide areas in this side will be Bayern’s German dynamo Serge Gnabry and Tottenham’s Korean superstar Heung-Min Son.

Gnabry has proven himself to be an immensely talented attacker since his move to Bayern in 2018, finishing 2018/19 as the Bavarian side’s second-top goalscorer with 10 goals in 30 matches, and he’s started 2019/20 in irresistible form. In 16 matches in the Bundesliga and Champions League, Gnabry has scored 8 goals and made 5 assists, including four goals against Spurs in their October clash.

Son meanwhile has recently been named the AFC Asian International Player of the Year, and despite Tottenham’s struggles for form at times, he’s been largely fantastic, providing 8 assists and 10 goals in all competitions, including a stunning Goal of the Season contender this weekend against Burnley. On top form, the Korean is absolutely lethal.

Centre Forward: Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski has been on slightly better form than Harry Kane this season
Robert Lewandowski has been on slightly better form than Harry Kane this season

This was perhaps the hardest call of all to make, as both Tottenham and Bayern can call upon one of the greatest strikers in the world; Harry Kane leads the line for Spurs while Robert Lewandowski is the man that Bayern look to for their goals.

Unfortunately for England captain Kane, Lewandowski has been in absolutely irresistible form thus far this season. Kane hasn’t done badly by any means; he’s scored 9 goals in the Premier League and 6 goals in the Champions League across 20 appearances, averaging 0.75 goals per game, and he’s also chipped in with two assists as well.

Lewandowski on the other hand? He’s somehow delivered 10 goals in 5 Champions League matches and has an insane 16 goals in 14 Bundesliga appearances in 2019/20 – meaning he’s averaging more than a goal per game at this point.

Both men are practically unstoppable at their best, but Lewandowski has been slightly better this season and so the Polish hitman gets the nod for this team.

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