Soccer - Bayern top scorer Musiala to miss Bochum game with muscle injury


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayern Munich - Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany - August 5, 2022 Bayern Munich's Jamal Musiala celebrates scoring their sixth goal REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich's leading scorer Jamal Musiala is likely to miss Sunday's Bundesliga match at VfL Bochum with a muscle injury, coach Julian Nagelsmann said on Friday.

The 19-year-old Germany international, who has scored three times in two league matches and added another in their German Super Cup win over RB Leipzig, is nursing a muscle injury and playing him could further worse it, the coach said.

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