It is only early days for Vincent Kompany and Bayern Munich, but there can be no denying how well the Belgian manager has the team playing at the moment. Coming off of a season without silverware, Kompany recently explained that he can constantly sense the hunger that’s within the squad — a hunger that is only bolstered by the disappointing previous season where they were ever so close to reaching a Champions League final.

It would be unrealistic to expect Bayern to rout these opponents. But there is pressure to demonstrate inability to take chances and win tighter games is not deep-rooted.

Bayern Munich top the table with 13 points after their first five games, with Eintracht Frankfurt just a point behind after notching up four straight wins

Bayern lost their first ‘group game’ in the Champions League since 2017 as Kompany found himself outdone by a master of European competition in Aston Villa’s Unai Emery

After a fairly lengthy hiatus, we are back to discussing players that fit Bayern Munich again! If it wasn’t obvious, with how dissonant the Bayern squad and Thomas Tuchel’s systems were, it was impossible to identify singular players to target as what was really required to play Tuchelball was an entire squad overhaul.

Aston Villa became the second English side to win their first two Champions League games (since 1992-93), after Leicester City in 2016-17

Vincent Kompany insists recent results are of no concern as Bayern Munich prepare for another top-of-the-table clash at Bundesliga rivals Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern’s 100 per cent start to the season in all competitions was halted in last week’s home draw against Bayer Leverkusen,