0-1 at Bill Park: Aston Villa coolly punish Bayern

FC Bayern have a bad day at Aston Villa. Hardly anything goes together in terms of play, and in the end Manuel Neuer is wrong. The 0:1 is fine.02.10.2024 | 2:58 min

It was the expected tough test for FC Bayern, and it was lost: the Munich team lost 0-1 (0-0) in Aston Villa on Wednesday evening on the second matchday of the Champions League. A high lob from distance from substitute Jhon Duran just a minute earlier (79th minute) gave Bayern their first win under new coach Vincent Kompany.

With his impressive chip, Duran took advantage of the fact that goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was too far ahead of his goal. After the match he said about the situation: “That was our game. Maybe I could have stood two meters further back, but I don’t know if I would have. He did very well,” Neuer said at DAZN .

Not everything was perfect out there, but we had some very good chances and they were 100 percent.

Joshua Kimmich

There were two changes to Bayern’s starting eleven compared to the 1-1 draw in the series against Leverkusen. Coach Kompany initially left Jamal Musiala on the bench for load management reasons. Kingsley moved Coman into the starting line-up for him. Konrad Laimer played for Raphaël Guerreiro.

With reports from, among others, Aston Villa – FC Bayern, RB Leipzig – Juventus Turin, VfB Stuttgart – Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund – Celtic Glasgow and Bayer Leverkusen – AC Milan.02.10.2024 | 59:40 min

Kane and Olise fail at Martinez

Bayern had the first step to themselves, Harry Kane testing Aston goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez for the first time in the 7th minute, saving the striker’s header from close range. After a quarter time, the momentum shifted in favor of the home side, who were cheered on by the fans at Villa Park – and in the 22nd minute the ball was in the Bayern goal after a free kick. The Munich side were lucky that the goal was disallowed for offside after a VAR check.

As a result, Bayern had even more possession of the ball. In the last phase of the first half, the Munich team failed again due to the great goalkeeper Martinez, who directed a great shot to the far corner from Michael Olise with his finger over his goal (39th). The break was without a goal.

Neuer makes a mistake, which Joker Duran sticks

Musiala came on for Coman in the second half and Bayern got off to a dominant start again. Aston Villa were under a lot of pressure, a failed attempt at a clearance that Ezri Konsa almost finished with his own goal (51′). In the 53rd minute, VAR was used again after the ball bounced to a Villa player’s elbow, but instead of a penalty, Bayern were awarded a corner.

As a result, the game became a little equal, but then stabbed Joker Duran: After a long ball into the path of Colombia, he saw that Neuer was too much in front of the goal and he lobbed high into the Bayern goal from its distance. Neuer could only watch the ball. Bayern pushed for an equalizer but as time went on Serge Gnabry (90+1) and again Kane (90+6) failed because of an extremely strong Martinez.

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