It didn?t take very long but the knives are being sharpened for Vincent Kompany at Bayern Munich. The 4-1 defeat to Barcelona on Wednesday hasn?t helped the former Burnley manager.
Bayern and Kompany were taught a lesson by Barcelona with a superb hat-trick from Raphinha and a goal from Robert Lewandowski doing the damage. The knives are out as a result, with the likes of FCB Inside, Express and Spox all laying into Kompany today.
It was a chastening evening for Kompany, who has quickly seen the shine from positive displays again lesser opponents rubbed away by defeats in the Champions League.
The positivity that has followed since his arrival from Burnley in the summer is slowly dwindling away, even if those above him at Bayern continue to pretend there is nothing wrong. And that can be seen across German media today following the defeat. BILD land the first blow, handing Kompany a 5 rating for the game. In their grading system, this means ?deficient?. For comparison, Flick received a 1, the best possible score.
FCB Inside then follow this up and say Bayern ?have to come to their senses? and this is in regard to their style of play.
They cover how Joshua Kimmich referred to ?Hara-kiri? after the game, a term for ritual suicide in ancient Japan. He believed Bayern participated in that against Barcelona and FCB Inside agree, saying Bayern are ?creating their own biggest problem?.
That is that Kompany has them playing too high and smart sides, like Barcelona and Aston Villa, ...