Kompany ´surprised´ by level of Bayern´s quality in Tottenham triumph - Soccer News

[ad_1] Vincent Kompany admitted that he was shocked by the standard on present from his Bayern Munich group of their pre-season pleasant in opposition to Tottenham.

Bayern eased to a 4-0 victory over Spurs on the Allianz Area on Thursday, because of targets from Harry Kane, Kingsley Coman, Lennart Karl and Jonah Kusi-Asare.

The Bundesliga champions’ conflict in opposition to Thomas Frank’s aspect was simply their second pre-season outing forward of the 2025-26 season, having overwhelmed Lyon 2-1 final Saturday.

Regardless of being so early of their preparations for the brand new marketing campaign, Bayern dominated for a lot of the competition in opposition to Spurs, whose subsequent sport is within the UEFA Tremendous Cup ultimate.

Certainly, Bayern registered an anticipated targets (xG) whole of three.6 from their 26 pictures whereas additionally limiting Spurs to only six makes an attempt, which amassed an xG tally of simply 0.6.

The hosts performed nearly double the quantity of passes within the ultimate third (267 to 140), in addition to boasting 57.8% possession of the ball.

Kompany’s maiden season within the Bayern dugout noticed him carry the Bundesliga title, and although the Belgian was impressed by the show, he insisted there may be nonetheless an extended method to go earlier than they attain the extent they managed in 2024-25.

“It’s nonetheless one among our first video games. The lads did nicely, however we have to keep calm, we nonetheless have loads of work forward of us,” Kompany mentioned.

“The psychological readiness is vital, and we confirmed that at the moment. It was a little bit of a shock that the lads already produced a efficiency like that. I didn’t essentially count on that but.

“You usually really feel that you simply want 5 - 6 weeks, however we’ve solely had 5 correct periods. For the lads to play like that, with that depth – that was enjoyable.