Bayern Munich suffered their first defeat of the season beneath Vincent Kompany. Dropping 1-0 to Aston Villa within the Champions League, Manuel Neuer was caught out of place which allowed Jhon Durán to lob the German from 30 yards. However regardless of the error, Joshua Kimmich has defended his teammate.

“It was our personal commonplace, we had been maybe slightly too far-off,” Kimmich instructed DAZN. “Manu typically stands slightly. We regularly profit from Manu standing excessive, so we don’t blame him for the purpose.”

The Rekordmeister dominated Villa in each metric. With 70 p.c possession, 17 pictures and 656 passes compared to Aston Villa’s 5 pictures and 290 passes, Bayern Munich had been unable to interrupt by means of the Premier League’s facet low-block as they proceed to battle to interrupt down the highest groups.

“Going ahead, even when not every thing was good, we had some excellent possibilities,” added Kimmich. “There weren’t that many however the ones we had had been one hundred pc.”

After dropping factors towards Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen on the weekend and now shedding their first sport of the season, Kompany’s Bayern face an equally powerful sport once they journey to Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.

GGFN | Daniel Pinder