Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw by Augsburg in the Bundesliga but the midfielder continued to impress on his first-team return. <\/p>\n
Renato Sanches gives Bayern Munich a new dimension according to defender Mats Hummels.<\/p>\n
Bayern were held to a 1-1 draw by Augsburg on Tuesday, losing their 100 per cent Bundesliga record, but Portugal midfielder Sanches impressed once more.<\/p>\n
The 21-year-old struggled after joining the German champions from Benfica in 2016 and spent a fruitless and injury-disrupted loan spell with Swansea City last term.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n But the youngster appears revitalised under new head coach Niko Kovac and produced another strong showing after scoring on his return to Benfica in the Champions League last week.<\/p>\n “He has given himself outstanding chances with his irresistible start to the season,” Hummels told reporters after a match in which Sanches and other Bayern players were guilty of missed chances against Augsburg.<\/p>\n “Of course, he had to score, but that happens. He has an incredible power.<\/p>\n “He is a player who shakes off the opponent when he picks up speed. We do not really have that kind of player in our team. He has great physical potential.”<\/p>\n Sanches himself acknowledges there is room for further improvement but is buoyed by the confidence his coach and team-mates are helping to nurture.<\/p>\n “I think I had\u00a0a decent game. I felt very good. I have missed some chances and I hope it will be better in the next game because the most important thing is that we win,” he told reporters.<\/p>\n “I feel very good and settled. It’s important that I get into a rhythm. I am a young player and I have a lot to learn. But, if I keep working hard, I’ll get the playing time.<\/p>\n “[Kovac] gave me good instructions. With the ball and without the ball, he said that I can also stay in the space in which I am able to score. But not only the coach, also my team-mates give me good tips and confidence.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw by Augsburg in the Bundesliga but the midfielder continued to impress on his first-team return. Renato Sanches gives Bayern Munich a new dimension according to defender Mats Hummels. Bayern were held to a 1-1 draw by Augsburg on Tuesday, losing their 100 per cent Bundesliga record, but…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n