According to German football bible, Kicker, the Belgian creative midfielder is the only player in the Bundesliga worthy of the world-class tag and on the evidence of his brilliant display in Wolfsburg’s remarkable dismantling of the Bayern machine, that assessment is 100 per cent correct.
With Bayern in hari-kari mood – pushing too many players forward and frequently giving the ball away cheaply – the Wolves must have thought Santa was back in town and in the speedy, skilful and quick-thinking red-head had the perfect man to lead the counter-attacking charge, scoring twice and setting up another.
“Often he was all on his own running at me,” moaned Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer, who in one unfortunate 90 minutes, conceded as many goals as he had in the entire “Autumn Championship”.
Bought for £18 million from Chelsea a year ago, he spent his first six months combining the exceptional with the disinterested, but this term has been all-action throughout, as ready to put in a defensive shift as to turn on the style.
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