Bayern Munich chief sends Vincent Kompany telling message after Barcelona thrashing

Bayern Munich suffered their 2nd consecutive Champions League nonaccomplishment arsenic the club's chiefs were forced to support their decisions arsenic Vincent Kompany excessively comes nether fire

Bayern Munich main Max Eberl insists the club's apical brass judge successful Vincent Kompany - contempt their battering by Barcelona.

The Bundesliga outfit person often had an exemplary grounds successful the radical stages of the tournament, but were dealt a harsh acquisition by the Spanish giants, who are present coached by their erstwhile brag Hansi Flick. Barcelona scored 4 against Bayern, who had nary reply astatine the Nou Camp.

It wasK ompany's 2nd nonaccomplishment successful 3 European outings arsenic manager, which leaves Bayern with enactment to bash successful the competition. The Belgian's appointment was not universally approved by the club's fans, who were angered by Thomas Tuchel's departure.

Bayern's hierarchy though importune they backmost their existent absorption and aren't astir to alteration aft 1 hard loss. The squad bash beryllium apical of the Bundesliga and their manager of athletics said: “We judge successful what we're doing and we volition proceed to support what we're doing”

Raphinha lone needed a infinitesimal to unfastened the scoring en way to his hat-trick. Harry Kane did level the contention earlier ex-Bayern frontman Robert Lewandowski besides got successful connected the act.

It led to accusations that Kompany's broadside were excessively unfastened defensively - thing that the Belgian himself rejected. He pointed to the information his squad had been praised for however choky they'd been astatine the back, lone for that to unravel successful Spain.

He said: "I deliberation some teams did that today. If we look backmost to the property league yesterday, the speech was astir the information we're the squad that conceded the fewest chances successful Europe. We didn't bash everything close today, different we wouldn't suffer 4-1. We indispensable larn from this crippled and spot what we tin bash better. That's what volition happen."

Bayern's nonaccomplishment means, successful the caller Champions League format, which sees each 36 teams successful the aforesaid league, that the German broadside person 3 points from nine. Currently that has them sat successful 23rd, which would beryllium bully capable for a changeable astatine the past 16.

We've lone played 3 matches retired of 8 with their different nonaccomplishment coming astatine Aston Villa. Their solitary triumph saw them deed 9 past Dinamo Zagreb but their adjacent 2 matches - some astatine location - are apt to beryllium defining. They big Benfica and past PSG.

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