Luis Díaz had 49 goals and assists last season. In his last six games: none

By the Data Desk · Published 13 OCT 06:30 · Updated 14 OCT 05:33

On Saturday in Augsburg, Luis Díaz finally scored with an overhead kick, ran off to celebrate, and then watched VAR take it away. It summed up his autumn: six games without a goal or an assist since the opening day, Bild counts, a season after 26 goals and 23 assists.

• Díaz scored in Bayern's 5-1 opener against Stuttgart; since then, six games without a goal or assist (Bild).
• Last season: 26 goals and 23 assists in 51 games as Bayern won the double. Michael Olise has 8 goals and 4 assists in 8 games this season.
• Bayern play Viking in Stavanger tonight at 21:00 CEST, on artificial grass, without Manuel Neuer.

Bild's verdict is harsh: plenty of effort, but long spells where he drifts out of the game on the left and several missed chances that should have been goals. In Colombia the headlines went further, with El Tiempo picking up the word invisible from the German press.

Bayern's board is not joining in. Max Eberl told Bild he would have liked the Augsburg goal to count because it would have done Díaz good, and added: "Er kommt wieder" (he will come back), saying the movement is there and he is on the way up. Bild's own referee expert, Manuel Gräfe, argued that VAR should not have stepped in for the earlier offside.

The squad explains the patience. Ismael Saibari can play on the left but prefers the middle; Serge Gnabry and Lennart Karl are planned for the centre or the right, especially with Jamal Musiala out with a torn muscle fibre. Bild also notes that Díaz started slowly a year ago, before his 49-goal-involvement season.

Tonight's game in Stavanger is on artificial grass, and Vincent Kompany has confirmed Neuer will not be in goal, with Jonas Urbig expected to start (ESPN). Kick-off is 21:00 CEST.