Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany praised his side s mentality after they came from behind to beat Wolfsburg in their Bundesliga opener on Sunday.
An 82nd-minute goal from Serge Gnabry secured a 3-2 win at Wolfsburg and handed Kompany, who replaced Thomas Tuchel after their disappointing third-place finish last season, a winning start in the Bundesliga.
Bayern took the lead thanks to Jamal Musiala s 19th-minute opener, but started the second half in shocking fashion as they gave away a penalty just after the restart and then made a defensive error that enabled Wolfsburg to turn matters around.
However, after an own goal from Jakub Kaminski, Harry Kane teed up Gnabry to grab a late winner and seal all three points.
I enjoyed it, it was my first Bundesliga game as a coach, Kompany said.
The first half was dominant, as it should be. We didn t concede any chances. The second half wasn t good at the beginning, we conceded two quick goals. The third point is that our mentality was right at the end, and that s why we won the game.
13 FC Bayern Munich remained undefeated in their opening game of a Bundesliga season for the 13th time in a row (W11 D2) a new record for a team in BL history. Kickstart.
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Mistakes happen, the important thing is how the team reacts. That took a while in the second half. Thomas Muller and Kingsley Coman came in with the right mentality and the tempo came back.
At the end of the second half, we had a lot of courage to win the game. It wasn t perfect, but we ll keep going.
Joshua Kimmich said Bayern s reaction was good in the second half.
It was extremely difficult, the pitch was very dry, so the game stalled at times. Perhaps it wasn t always presentable, he said.
But in the end I m happy that we won it. The mentality was right.
Bayern are now undefeated in their past 13 Bundesliga openers (W11 D2) – a new record for a team in the competition s history.
