Bayern Munich demolished Club Brugge in a match that quickly got to smooth sailing for the unstoppable Bavarians. 17-year-old Lennart Karl got the scoring going in under five minutes and Harry Kane doubled the advantage by the 15th…and the rout was on.
Here’s who stood out from the result.
Jersey Swap: Nordin Jackers
Thirteen shots on target and “only” four goals. That’s a solid day at the office for the Club Brugge goalkeeper in the midst of a team shellacking. No doubt about it — Brugge was overpowered and overrun from the off. Jackers was called to action time and time again and the 28-year-old needed to be smart with his decisions to deny Bayern’s big guns in their 1-v-1 opportunities. He wasn’t alone in keeping the scoresheet cleaner than it could have been as his defense made a clearance or two off the line.
All in all it was just that kind of day. The Belgian side had their forays when on the ball, and actually notched an impressive 94% pass accuracy. But they were really never close to getting into the game.
Brugge was not completely helpless and took their shots down the field to try to get anything going against the Bavarians. One occasion in the first half looked close to coming off as a Brugge attacker found his way 1-on-1 against the last man — but that man was Jonathan Tah, who stayed alert and nicked the ball away in an excellent piece of defending.
Tah is fquickly growing into his role as a key starter in Kompany’s XI despite only moving to the club this summer. This one rates as one of the Germany international’s best matches.
Fußballgott: Konrad Laimer
We’re going to go unconventional today. Both Joshua Kimmich and Aleksandar Pavlović had excellent games in the Bayern pivot — key passes, chance creation, constantly being on the ball and influencing the game, and pin-point long balls from both of them. What Laimer did was notch two assists while being all over the field, as the converted midfielder-turned-right-back-turned-left-back. Julian Nagelsmann’s pressing machine has become Vincent Kompany’s key man. He’s not quite in the engine room that is the Bayern midfield, at least not nominally, but mein Gott, he’s everywhere.
Take a bow, kid! The youngster got the official UEFA MOTM honors on his Champions League XI debut and showed from the opening whistle that he was not overawed by the occasion. If there’s one thing that defines Karl’s game, as we’ve seen all preseason, it’s moxie. Karl is not shy at all to try something, and so when he received central from Jonathan Tah in the fifth minute, he passed up all his passing options to jink and juke through the congested central areas of the Club Brugge defense before ripping one from range. Ridiculously audacious — and it went in!
That self-belief will serve him well and it should definitely earn him more and more chances to play this season. Karl spent the rest of the game dancing all over Club Brugge, side-stepping, step-overing, step-overing again…as well as showing some composure in retaining possession and spreading it around to his attacking teammates. Oh, and tracking back and making energetic defensive interventions.
He’s a joy to watch and Bayern is lucky to be able to see a lot more of this soon.
Meister of the Match: Luis Díaz
Díaz was a force to be reckoned with today up and down the left flank. His scorcher of a goal in the 34th minute sealed the game — in case there were any doubts still by then — and it wasn’t his first good opportunity to hit paydirt. But scoresheet aside, the Colombian winger was causing problems. On Bayern’s fourth and final goal he showed that Harry Kane isn’t the only Bayern attacker who can work magic from deep, launching the cross-field switch to unleash Konrad Laimer en route to Nicolas Jackson’s clincher. Díaz was unlucky not to have at least one assist from this one too.
It was 81 minutes of relentless energy from Bayern’s biggest summer signing, and Lucho seemed to only get stronger as the game wore on. He deservingly leads the way in our awards tonight.
And how about that hit, by the way? Tight angle, 0.05 xG per Sofascore. Stupendous strike.
Bayern Munich hosted Club Brugge in the Champions League and while the Belgian side was game, the Bavarians were just better. A lot better.
Bayern Munich continued it excellent run of play and scored a 4-0 victory over Club Brugge in yet another strong performance. Let’s dive into the details — this is what we have on tap for this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Postgame Show:
- A look at Bayern Munich’s starting XI selections…who stood out, who struggled, and more.
- A rundown of the scoring and substitutions as we walk through the flow of the match.
- Some final takeaways on the match and how things look moving forward.
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