2' · Viking Stensness 1–0 Header from Tripić's corner, after 72 seconds | 38' · Viking Christiansen 2–0 Botheim's ball in behind, finished on the counter | 54' · 60' · 71' · Bayern Kane, Kane, Díaz 2–3 Penalty, header from Kimmich's cross, Díaz from Laimer's pass | 90' · Viking H. Haugen 3–3 Header from Tripić's delivery, against ten men |
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| 01 The Big Take |
| This is the season's argument in one night. Who starts decides how Bayern play, and the first half was the proof. |
| Kompany changed six players from Augsburg. Lennart Karl, Tom Bischof, Nathaniel Brown, Jonathan Tah and Kim Min-jae all started. Bayern had 73% of the first-half ball and 13 shots to Viking's three, and still went in 2–0 down: a header from a corner after 72 seconds, then a counter-attack in behind. |
| At half-time Saibari, Upamecano and Davies came on for Karl, Tah and Brown. Bayern scored three times in 17 minutes and led 3–2. Then, on 73 minutes, Olise was booked twice in a matter of moments, the second for throwing the ball into Zlatko Tripić's face. With ten men, Bayern conceded a header in the 90th minute. |
| The bench fixed the first half. Discipline cost the second. |
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| No post-match quotes from Kompany had been published when we wrote this. Match stats come from t-online's live ticker; first-half figures from Yahoo Sports. |
| 02 The Tactical Take |
| How the game actually went |
| Viking did what everyone expected |
| Viking finished with 34.5% of the ball. They defended deep and looked for two things: set pieces and the space behind Bayern's defence. Both goals came that way. Stensness outjumped Kim and Tah at a Tripić corner. Then Botheim found Christiansen running in behind, and he finished past Urbig. |
| The first half: lots of the ball, little through the middle |
| Bayern reached the box often (29 touches there in the first half) and had 1.20 xG to Viking's 0.31. But it was the familiar story: possession that didn't break the block, and a defence exposed every time Viking got out. |
| The second half: the right side opened it |
| With Davies, Upamecano and Saibari on, Bayern found the route. Laimer was fouled for the penalty Kane scored. Kimmich crossed from the right for Kane's header. Laimer's pass across set up Díaz. Two of the three goals came straight from deliveries down the right, the same "round it, not through it" idea from Issue 01. |
| 73 minutes: the moment it turned |
| Olise was booked for a tactical foul on Heggheim, then sent off for throwing the ball at Tripić. Viking went for it, and Herman Haugen, on as a 72nd-minute substitute, headed in Tripić's delivery in the 90th minute. Two of Viking's three goals were headers from Tripić's deliveries. |
| Sources disagree on the exact minute of Olise's dismissal (73' or 74'). We've used the live-ticker time. |
| 03 The Numbers |
Full match: Bayern dominated everything except the score ■ Viking ■ Bayern |
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6 Changes from the Augsburg XI. Three of the new starters, Karl, Tah and Brown, came off at half-time. |
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17 min From 2–0 down to 3–2 up. Kane on 54' (penalty) and 60', Díaz on 71'. |
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9 Champions League games in a row with a goal for Kane. He now needs two more to match Ronaldo's record of 11. |
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72 sec Time it took Viking to score. Reported as the earliest goal of this Champions League season. |
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| 04 Our Preview, Marked |
Holding ourselves to account What we got right, and what we got wrong Right "Sitting deep, breaking quickly." Viking had a third of the ball and scored on the break. "Urbig and the space behind." Viking's second goal was a ball in behind, finished past Urbig. "Kane's run." He scored twice and made it nine. Going round, not through. Two of Bayern's goals came from the right. Wrong Viking lined up in a 4-3-3, not the 4-4-2 the previews expected. We also expected a near-full-strength Bayern XI, with Saibari at No. 10. Kompany made six changes and Saibari started on the bench. We asked readers to watch Olise against Viking's left-back. His night ended in a red card. What we missed Set pieces. Two of Viking's three goals were headers from Tripić's deliveries. We didn't mention them at all. |
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| 05 The Counterargument |
| Maybe the rotation was right, and the result was bad luck |
| — The schedule demanded it. Leipzig on Saturday, Arsenal next Wednesday. Rotating on an artificial pitch, away, is a defensible call. |
| — Bayern created enough. 25 shots, 1.20 xG to 0.31 in the first half, and a 3–2 lead with 17 minutes left. On most nights that wins. |
| — It was one moment. Without Olise's red card, Bayern probably see it out. That's discipline, not structure. |
| 06 What It Means |
| Three things to carry into the week |
1 | Olise is likely to miss Arsenal. A sending-off normally brings an automatic ban for the next Champions League game, and that's the visit of Arsenal on 21 October. |
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2 | Set pieces are now a question. Two headers conceded from one player's deliveries. Leipzig will have noticed. |
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3 | Two draws in a row. After Augsburg and Viking, Bayern have dropped four points in three days. Leipzig at home on Saturday matters more than it did a week ago. |
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| On the goalkeeper question, Max Eberl told Prime Video (our translation from German): “Jonas is on an outstanding path, but Manu is our number one.” |
The B90 Question Was the rotation worth it, or did six changes cost Bayern two points? Tell us on X @Beyond90Bayern. We'll pick up the best answers in the Leipzig preview. |
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Next: Bayern v RB Leipzig
Bundesliga · Matchday 6 · Sat 17 Oct · 17:30 UK
Then Arsenal at home, Wed 21 Oct |
| Sources: t-online: live ticker, goals and stats · Absolut Fussball: match report and Eberl quotes · Yahoo Sports: first-half stats · Yahoo Sports: confirmed line-ups · Goal: Viking's goals · Result and fixtures: GoalIQ |
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