Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany had a simple answer when asked what separated his team from Real Madrid across two legs, as he said the explanation was clear: \u201cWe didn\u2019t lose\u201d.<\/p>\n
His side came from behind three times to win 4-3 on the night and eliminate Real Madrid 6-4 on aggregate. \u201cEvery time they scored, we reacted and didn\u2019t give up,\u201d he reflected.<\/p>\n
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Real Madrid had given Bayern every opportunity to buckle. Arda G\u00fcler scored inside 45 seconds, capitalising on a Manuel Neuer error to lob into an open goal. When G\u00fcler then bent a free kick into the top corner to make it 2-1 on the night, the tie was level on aggregate and Real Madrid were in front in Munich. Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 added a third before half-time.
Bayern answered every time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe conceded in the 45th minute, but we reacted well and equalised,\u201d Kompany said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019ll take away from this, our ability to react.\u201d<\/p>\n
On facing Real Madrid specifically, Kompany was respectful but keen to highlight his own team\u2019s preparations. \u201cThere was a lot of quality on the field from both sides. If you look at them, they\u2019re excellent in every position. They didn\u2019t surprise us. But the atmosphere we had here, it\u2019s something special.\u201d<\/p>\n
He will now miss the first leg of the semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain through suspension, a situation he addressed with barely concealed frustration, similar to Real Madrid\u2019s feelings on the refereeing. \u201cThe fourth official should listen to us too. I\u2019m not happy about my yellow card. The three-match ban is too severe.\u201d He pointed to Real Madrid\u2019s own disciplinary record on the night with two red cards, including G\u00fcler\u2019s after the final whistle, before adding: \u201cBut anyway, it\u2019s not important. I have a lot of confidence in my staff, in the whole club.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Asked whether PSG would prove tougher opposition than Real Madrid, Kompany paused. \u201cThey\u2019re two of the biggest teams right now. You can\u2019t really say. But we\u2019re definitely going to need everything we\u2019ve got to beat them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany had a simple answer when asked what separated his team from Real Madrid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[266,187,557,82,2422,1819,83,1680],"class_list":{"0":"post-5630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-madrid","8":"tag-bayern-munich","9":"tag-champions-league","10":"tag-kylian-mbappe","11":"tag-madrid","12":"tag-manuel-neuer","13":"tag-paris-saint-germain","14":"tag-real-madrid","15":"tag-vincent-kompany"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}