The 17-year-old Lennart Karl starred for Bayern Munich as the Bundesliga leaders fought from two goals down to beat Freiburg 6-2 and match an old record on Saturday.

Karl, who was making his ninth league appearance and second start, delivered a timely message to Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann before the World Cup next year by instigating Bayern's comeback with a goal, assist and sparkling play.

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"Lenny ... It's always so difficult," Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany said in his news conference. "When you score six goals, there's a lot of players who participated.

"For sure, the most important action they had was when we scored the 2-1. They created this

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