Vincent Kompany admitted that he was surprised by the quality on show from his Bayern Munich team in their pre-season friendly against Tottenham.
Bayern eased to a 4-0 victory over Spurs at the Allianz Arena on Thursday, thanks to goals from Harry Kane, Kingsley Coman, Lennart Karl and Jonah Kusi-Asare.
The Bundesliga champions’ clash against Thomas Frank’s side was just their second pre-season outing ahead of the 2025-26 season, having beaten Lyon 2-1 last Saturday.
Despite being so early in their preparations for the new campaign, Bayern dominated for much of the contest against Spurs, whose next game is in the UEFA Super Cup final.
Indeed, Bayern registered an expected goals (xG) total of 3.6 from their 26 shots while also limiting Spurs to just six attempts, which accumulated an xG tally of just 0.6.
The hosts played almost double the amount of passes in the final third (267 to 140), as well as boasting 57.8% possession of the ball.
Kompany’s maiden season in the Bayern dugout saw him lift the Bundesliga title, and though the Belgian was impressed by the display, he insisted there is still a long way to go before they reach the level they managed in 2024-25.
“It’s still one of our first games. The lads did well, but we need to stay calm, we still have a lot of work ahead of us,” Kompany said.
“The mental readiness is important, and we showed that today. It was a bit of a surprise that the lads already produced a performance like that. I didn’t necessarily expect that yet.
“You normally feel that you need five or six weeks, but we’ve only had five proper sessions. For the lads to play like that, with that intensity – that was fun.
“But it’s not an end point for us. Pre-season has only just begun, and we need to establish the physical prerequisites.”
