[Statements and Highlights] VfL Wolfsburg vs FC Bayern München – MD1

Highlights:

Match report by Bayern

Wolfsburg 0 – [1] Bayern Munich – Jamal Musiala 20‎'‎

Wolfsburg [1] – 1 Bayern Munich – Lovro Majer penalty 47'

Wolfsburg [2] – 1 Bayern Munich – Lovro Majer 55'

Wolfsburg 2 – [2] Bayern Munich – Harry Kane 65‎'‎

Wolfsburg 2 – [3] Bayern Munich – Serge Gnabry 82‎'‎

Post Match Statements:

Vincent Kompany: "I enjoyed my first game as Bundesliga coach. We were dominant in the first half and didn't concede any chances. The start of the second half wasn't good. We conceded twice, but in the end the mentality was good and that's why we won the game. I played football long enough and know that you can lose or draw such a game. The fact we won shows that the mentality was there, even though not everything was perfect. We have to say that honestly"

Kompany on Kim's mistake: "The mentality of my team was great. I don't want to talk about Minjae's mistake, I want to talk about the reaction. And it was good, from everyone" [@kerry_hau]

Kompany on the atmosphere: "It's great how in Germany the players go to the fans after that end of the game. You take time to enjoy that moment. We had that today and in the game in Ulm as well. You don't have that in every league. It's something special in Germany"

Kompany on how he explains the difference between first and second half today: "You definitely have a plan before coming into a game. But the other team will adapt and make changes to disrupt your plan. I was really happy with the first half other than we should maybe have scored 1-2 more goals. It was something we could build on. The second half, I've seen Ralph's teams for many years, they come out and fight. They score after 20 seconds and then you have to prepare yourself for a battle. At the end of the day I want to highlight the outstanding mentality of the team. It was a tough away game and a very good win"

Joshua Kimmich: "We had 2-3 good chances in the first half and didn't concede any chances. The start of the second half was bad, we made mistakes and immediately conceded a penalty and then a second goal. The pitch today was very challenging for both teams. You could see it was tough to play quick and direct football and difficult to control the game. In the end we're happy we managed to win today although not everything was perfect. The mentality was definitely there" [DAZN]

Joshua Kimmich on the instructions given by Müller from Kompany on a note: "The coach wanted to change something. But did you see where Thomas put the piece of paper? I didn't want to touch it." [@kerry_hau] Picture

Serge Gnabry: "It was a tough game. We fought back and managed to come back from 2-1 down. That's always good for the morale. We conceded a few seconds into the second half and then conceded a second, which made the game difficult. In the end we rewarded ourselves and won" [DAZN]

Harry Kane on Thomas Müller's impact after coming on today: "Thomas has one of the best football brains in the whole world"

Harry Kane's thoughts on today's game: "We had games like that last year where we went in front and then quickly went behind and didn’t recover the game like we did today. I thought there were a lot of good points"

Thomas Müller on giving the team a push after coming on: "I would prefer to be able to give that push a bit earlier. In professional football, there's no such thing as a role. You have to be ready to give it your all in every game. And the coach decides how much playing time you get. For us players, it's about constantly recommending ourselves so that the coach can put us in the starting lineup. That's the game." [via Kicker]

Christoph Freund on a possible further new signing in defense: "We're actually very happy with the squad, but we now have two injured players and we have to take note of that. It's not our plan [to make another signing], but the transfer window is still open for 5 days." [@linner_nicolas]

Christoph Freund on Müller's impact yesterday: "Thomas brought energy back in really well, pushed the team again and was involved in all the decisive scenes. I think that in the decisive scenes, Thomas Müller is simply good for the team with his experience, his conviction and his enthusiasm for the game. He was an important factor in us turning the game around."