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Alphonso Davies back on Bayern's bench after 9 months following knee injury

Alphonso Davies is back in Bayern Munich’s game-day squad to face Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League for the first time in nearly nine months after a serious knee injury

DECEMBER 9, 2025 • Associated Press

Alphonso Davies - Returns to play Davies recorded one tackle (one won) in Tuesday's 3-1 win over Sporting CP.

Impact Davies would appear off the bench in his return from an ACL injury Tuesday, with the defender seeing a late cameo for two minutes from the bench. He should continue to progress in his rehabilitation over the next few weeks and work towards a starting left-back spot following the winter break.

DECEMBER 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Joshua Kimmich - Nets own goal Kimmich registered an own goal, one shot (one on goal), four crosses (two accurate) and one corner in Tuesday's 3-1 victory against Sporting CP. In addition, he was given a yellow...

Impact Kimmich had a rough match Tuesday despite the win, as the midfielder turned in an own goal in the 54th minute. Unfortunately for the midfielder, he couldn't fix his mistakes with his six chances created and four crosses, still without a goal contribution. He would also pick up his first yellow card of the competition.

DECEMBER 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Konrad Laimer - Assist from defense Laimer assisted once to go with three crosses (one accurate) and four chances created in Tuesday's 3-1 victory versus Sporting CP. In addition, he was given a yellow card in the 94...

Impact Laimer made it a second straight game with a goal contribution Tuesday, as the defender found Lennart Karl in the 69th minute for a goal. This marks his third assist in UCL play this campaign, accounting for all of his UCL goal contributions. He would also add two tackles won in the defense, but would unfortunately lose the clean sheet due to an own goal.

DECEMBER 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Michael Olise - Assist Tuesday Olise assisted once to go with four shots (zero on goal), six crosses (two accurate) and three corners in Tuesday's 3-1 win over Sporting CP.

Impact Olise had a productive 90 minutes of play Tuesday for another solid UCL performance, recording an assist on Serge Gnabry's 65th-minute assist. This comes as a second straight game with an asisst for the winger, recording one over the weekend as well. He now has three assists in UCL play this season, with 11 between UCL and league play.

DECEMBER 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Jonathan Tah - Rare goal in UCL play Tah scored one goal to go with one shot (one on goal) in Tuesday's 3-1 win against Sporting CP.

Impact Tah recorded a rare goal Tuesday, with the defender scoring the third goal of the match for Bayern in the 77th minute. This marks his first goal in UCL play, although he previously had recorded an assist this season. The defender now has two goals this campaign, also recording one in league play.

DECEMBER 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Lennart Karl - Another UCL goal Karl scored one goal to go with five shots (three on goal) and three chances created in Tuesday's 3-1 win versus Sporting CP.

Impact Karl would find the back of the net for a third straight UCL appearance Tuesday, with the attacker scoring in the 69th minute. That said, he now four goal contributions in his past five appearances. He continues to see an impressive debut season, with five goals and two assists this campaign, three of which are UCL goals.

DECEMBER 9, 2025 • ROTOWIRE