At Bayern Munich, one personnel setback follows another. Aaron Danks has to improvise, benefiting from the versatility of many players, and could turn to a player who impressed in pre-season. Meanwhile, a predictable debate flares up.
Bayern Munich full-back Nathaniel Brown dedicated his goal and the team's 6-1 DFB-Pokal victory over Magdeburg to the club's absent head coach. The defender insisted that the squad is completely unified ahead of Saturday's Der Klassiker.
Although Bayern Munich are the only club in Europe’s top five leagues still unbeaten, they are more vulnerable at this early stage of the season than they were last season.
There appear to have been warning signs of the bitter muscle injury Luis Diaz suffered in the 2-2 draw against Arsenal. It comes at an inconvenient time for Bayern Munich in several respects.
After a hair-raising blunder by Manuel Neuer and the fastest goal conceded in Bundesliga history, Bayern Munich have had to swallow a setback and missed the chance to go top.
If it is up to goalkeeping legend Sepp Maier, caution is required with Jonas Urbig. Nathaniel Brown opens up about his move to Bayern Munich. News and rumours surrounding Bayern Munich.
During the World Cup debacle, Nathaniel Brown was one of the few bright spots for Germany, then he moved to Bayern Munich for €50 million. Now the 23-year-old left-back is experiencing his first setbacks.
New details on Jürgen Klopp's introductory visit to Bayern Munich: the new Germany coach reportedly spoke to Vincent Kompany about a tactical problem – and joked because of Nathaniel Brown.
Bayern Munich’s first competitive matches of the new season included, among other things, a positional experiment. Despite some useful signs, there is no longer any need for it for the time being.
Bayern Munich dominated the first half, but after the break Borussia Dortmund offered much stronger resistance. In the end, the result was a narrow Munich win, and SPOX provides four takeaways from it.