He's been poor all season for me bar a few games. He's nowhere near his Bayern best or even 80% of that, his passing isn't creative at all and when he does try a difficult ball he puts too much trajectory on it literally landing it on the player's chest with someone closing him down.
In fairness, earlier in the season some of his through balls were top class and carving teams apart but that hasn't happened for a good few months now. LvG hasn't managed him well in all honesty, and that's definitely not a strong point of his management in terms of the use of his squad. A 31 year old who has struggled for injuries playing in the most demanding position yet being asked to play two high profile games in a week is madness.
Only reason he has been rated on here is because of his name and leadership skills but as has been mentioned by me and many others, what's the point of all this leadership and finger pointing when your own game is amongst the worst. Lead by example and all that.
He's never far forward enough compared to his Bayern days. He used to get the ball in the final third and play quick incisive passes or if he was closed down, he actually had quick feet to beat a man and create something but now he's just sitting deep, getting on the ball and slowing down our play. Needs a rest, especially over the xmas period seeing as he's used to a winter break.