"With strikes against Club Brugge and Borussia Monchengladbach, the winger became Bayern's youngest scorer in the Champions League and third-youngest in the Bundesliga. On Wednesday the teenager scored Bayern's equaliser in their 3-1 defeat at Arsenal, as one of his footballing inspirations Martin Odegaard watched on from the opposition bench. In doing so, Karl became the youngest player in Champions League history to score in each of his first two starts, breaking Ethan Nwaneri's record for Arsenal."
"Taufig Khalil became aware of Karl's progress two years ago when his teenage son, then 15 like Karl, went to watch his friend play against a Bayern U17s side containing the winger. "When my son came home he said 'Papa, it's unbelievable. This guy, Lennart Karl, he scored five goals'," Bayern Munich reporter Khalil told BBC Sport. "It was pretty obvious that this kid had something really special.""
"Last season, Karl notched 34 goals and 11 assists in 31 games for Bayern and Germany's U17 sides combined, earning him a surprise call-up to Vincent Kompany's squad for the Club World Cup. Such ruthless finishing probably could have been predicted. In 2018, a 10-year-old Karl went viral for an audacious goal he scored while playing for Eintracht Frankfurt's U11s in a sports hall."
Lennart Karl, 17, emerged from Bayern Munich's academy and scored two stunning goals within days, becoming Bayern's youngest Champions League scorer and the club's third-youngest Bundesliga scorer. He scored an equaliser in Bayern's 3-1 defeat at Arsenal and became the youngest player in Champions League history to score in each of his first two starts, breaking Ethan Nwaneri's record. Fans had lacked a local academy graduate since Thomas Müller in 2008, and many are clamouring for Karl's inclusion in Germany's 2026 World Cup squad. Last season he recorded 34 goals and 11 assists in 31 youth appearances, earning a surprise Club World Cup call-up. A 2018 viral goal at age 10 showcased his early audacity and finishing.
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