Top striker Harry Kane and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer are fit to play again after illnesses as Bayern Munich are raring to go in a bid to end a winless run of two games in the Bundesliga on Sunday against high-flying Hoffenheim. "The energy in training has been top.
Top striker Harry Kane and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer are fit to play again after illnesses as Bayern Munich are raring to go in a bid to end a winless run of two games in the Bundesliga on Sunday against high-flying Hoffenheim.
"The energy in training has been top. We've enjoyed this full week of training," coach Vincent Kompany told reporters on Saturday.
"Everyone's back. If things go as I think they will, then Manu will train today, then we've got everyone available. Harry was ill at the start of the week, but the guys are fit."
Bayern suffered their first league defeat of the season two weeks ago when they lost 2-1 at home against Augsburg. They were then held 2-2 at SV Hamburg as their lead over Borussia Dortmund shrunk to six points.
It could even be three points by kick-off if Dortmund win in Wolfsburg on Satuday but Kompany insisted that "I'm not concerned with that" and rather looking at his team's ambitions after a week without a mid-week fixture.
"It's the same hunger. We had seven games in 20 days. We've showed that hunger since 1 January, including in those first games with those results. But when you have so many games, including away from home, a week like we've just had is sometimes good. You can then enjoy it. We've been able to prepare," he said.
The match pits the league's two best attacks against each other, with Bayern having scored 74 goals and Hoffenheim, who have won their last five games, 43.
Bayern board member for sport Max Eberl praised Hoffenheim as the surprise team of the season and "like a phoenix rising from the ashes" to third place, nine points off the top.
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