KOMPANY NOT USING BAYERN INJURY CRISIS AS AN EXCUSE – Manager Vincent Kompany has complete faith in those that are available
Bayern Munich will be missing several key players in today’s Champions League quarter-final first leg clash at home to Inter Milan, but manager Vincent Kompany has complete faith in those that are available.
Already without goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, defenders Hiroki Ito, Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano, and forward Kingsley Coman, Kompany lost midfielder Jamal Musiala to a thigh injury in Friday’s 3-1 Bundesliga win over Augsburg.
“We’ve now found ourselves in a situation that we like to be in, given where we are in the Bundesliga at the moment, where we are in the Champions League at the moment, and we can’t look back too much. We have to look forward now and just assume that the lads who will be playing tomorrow and are involved will put in the performance for us to get the results,” Kompany told reporters.
“We must never forget that the lads who will be playing tomorrow have all played their part, have been involved in where we are at the moment and we have to continue to trust each other,” Kompany said, adding that he wasn’t going to change the club’s goals because of injuries.
Fan favourite Mueller announced on Saturday that he will leave Bayern at the end of this season after the club did not offer the 35-year-old a new contract, but Kompany’s focus is on the challenge ahead.
