Vincent Kompany lauded Bayern Munich’s “hungry” response after ending a two-game windless streak with Sunday’s 4-0 thrashing of Eintracht Frankfurt.
Michael Olise, Hiroki Ito, Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry have been all on the right track as Bayern restored their eight-point benefit on the Bundesliga summit with a crushing win over third-placed Eintracht.
Kompany’s facet had been held by defending champions Bayer Leverkusen within the league earlier than their midweek Champions League draw with Celtic that despatched them by means of to the knockout phases.
A snug win over Eintracht, who mustered simply two photographs on the right track on the Allianz Area, was the proper response to these attracts within the eyes of boss Kompany.
“Now we’ve received however we are going to keep calm as we did the previous few days [after the two draws],” Kompany informed a press convention.
“The couple of days main into the sport we felt the crew was sharper. There have been numerous causes for us to get a end result right now.
“The depth from either side was fairly excessive from the beginning and we managed to tilt the sport in our favour. The gamers confirmed they have been hungry.
“The hassle, the keenness – it was all there. Our intention is all the time to deliver that onto the pitch. And now we go calmly into the following recreation, the place we need to win once more.”
MASSIVE WIN IN MUNICH!!! #FCBSGE #FCBayern #MiaSanMia pic.twitter.com/JFfy1jSkQy
— FC Bayern (@FCBayernEN) February 23, 2025
Bayern failed to attain of their draw with Xabi Alonso’s facet, who’re chasing in second place, earlier than snatching a last-gasp leveller because of Alphonso Davies’ aim in opposition to Celtic.
Eintracht supplied little in the way in which of resistance, nonetheless, with Bayern smashing 12 photographs on the right track and accumulating 4.01 anticipated targets in a one-sided conflict.
The win could have been anticipated, although, given Kompany’s facet have now defeated Eintracht 43 occasions at house in Bundesliga motion, probably the most such wins of any facet in opposition to one other within the competitors’s historical past.
“Clearly a win of this way is much more enjoyable,” Bayern veteran Thomas Muller added. “We sense how video games are going and the way it feels.
“At this stage of the season, it’s solely the outcomes that rely.
“However after all, you additionally need to go house and say: ‘Wow, right now we have been actually good.’ We deserved to win and performed with excessive depth.”