So ya, thought ya, might like to go to show.
To feel the warm thrill of confusion, that space cadet glow.
Bayern Munich arrived in the west of Germany and sieged the fort of Eintracht Frankfurt, coming out the other end with three goals and three points in hand. It’s a real statement of the kind of team this has become, so let’s get into what ticked and didn’t tick.
Tell me, is something eluding you, sunshine?
Is this not what you expected to see?
If you wanna find out what’s behind these cold eyes,
You’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise.
If you should go skating on the thin ice: The foundations
04 October 2025, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Soccer: Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Bayern Munich, Matchday 6, Deutsche Bank Park. Munich’s Tom Bischof (Bayern Munich, l-r), goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) and Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich) stand together after the match. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa – IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL German Football League and the DFB German Football Association, it is prohibited to utilize or have utilized photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequential images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Don’t be surprised when a crack in the ice appears under your feet.
You slip out of your depth and out of your mind, with your fear flowing out behind you,
As you claw the thin ice.
Bayern Munich under Vincent Kompany have typically expanded their backline as far away from each other as feasible to try and stretch opposition pressing lines. However, today, it seems Kompany had noted Frankfurt’s 4-4-2 structure as being particularly adept against stretched defenses, as the distance between the centre-backs is easily exploitable if smart pressing is enabled to win the ball.
In response, Bayern kept the centre-backs fairly close to each other, compressing the build-up into more central areas, with Joshua Kimmich patrolling the wide right less than ever before, leaving it to Sacha Boey. With one of the full-backs tucking in centrally, Frankfurt’s block compacted too, and this often allowed the centre-backs or deep midfielders (or Harry Kane) to spray balls across the width of the field to the wingers who kept their width and then had isolated 1v1s against Nathaniel Brown and Aurelio Buta. It was really effective at getting the team to play those wide 1v1s, especially with players like Serge Gnabry and Konrad Laimer blasting through the half-spaces at top speed as soon as the wingers received.
This combined with the generally sharp nature of Bayern’s play created immense control, with Frankfurt never being able to consistently keep Bayern from creating chances at any stage of the game. The pure technicals of the build-up were fantastic today, the one-touch passing and movement between players shows real trust between them.
Snapshot in the family album: Cracks in the concrete
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – OCTOBER 4: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally enhanced.) Sacha Boey of München is challenged by Arthur Theate of Frankfurt during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern München at Deutsche Bank Park on October 4, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Simon Hofmann/Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty Images)
Daddy, what’d’ja leave behind for me?
All in all it was just a brick in the wall,
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.
Bayern Munich look seriously solid right now, and it’s down to how the footballing fundamentals of the team are at a seriously high level. However, there are some members of the squad who aren’t able to keep up, atleast not in their natural positions. Leon Goretzka was practically invisible today, and was quickly replaced at half-time by Aleksandar Pavlović who had a far stronger impact on the game. I assumed the decision to start Goretzka was to add more muscle to the middle, but in hindsight it was completely unnecessary as Frankfurt rarely put us in situations where that muscle was required. Pavlović or even Tom Bischof should have started today.
A situation that is far more worrying is the full-back situation, where while Konrad Laimer is in unbelievable form, being somehow a top 3 right-back and top 3 left-back in Europe simultaneously, but his other half is simply not up to scratch. It’s difficult to tell what exactly happened to Sacha Boey, the player that looked like he was worth double the €30m initially paid for him in the inital months under Vincent Kompany, but with every consecutive injury setback he’s returned looking worse, and now it feels like we would be better off playing an academy player like Chivano Wijks or Cassiano Kiala in that position ahead of him. Lack of defensive awareness leaving Jean-Mattéo Bahoya completely free in the box to score a goal that ultimately wouldn’t count, lack of any technical competency in the final third, it feels like he needs to move on and find someplace else.
Serge Gnabry has had an electric start to the season, but symptoms of his inconsistency and complacency have started to creep in, and it feels like he is slipping down the slope he slips down every time he has a patch of good form. Let’s hope these symptoms are contained to this one game and he can regain his focus after the international break.
Look mummy, there’s an aeroplane up in the sky: The load-bearers
04 October 2025, Hesse, Frankfurt/Main: Soccer: Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Bayern Munich, Matchday 6, Deutsche Bank Park. Munich’s Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich, l) and Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) celebrate after the game. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa – IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL German Football League and the DFB German Football Association, it is prohibited to utilize or have utilized photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequential images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Arne Dedert/picture alliance via Getty Images)
I am just a new boy,
Stranger in this town.
Where are all the good times?
Who’s gonna show this stranger around?
Let’s get the obvious one out of the way first: Luis Díaz was imperial today. The Colombian had all the right answers to the questions he was asked by Frankfurt players, pressing with vigour, tracking back and helping out defensively with passion, and playing his heart out on the ball with immense flair.
You can minimise his game to the two goals he scored, both fantastic and showcasing his two biggest qualities in attack: his intelligence off the ball and his technical abilities on it. But to do so would be criminal as for the first time in what feels like forever, we saw Bayern not lean on Michael Olise to be the primary creator (although he was still stellar today), moving the ball pretty evenly across all longitudes of the pitch rather than focusing their efforts on the right side, testament to how much and how quickly Díaz has already integrated into the team. Credit should also go to Kompany for finally figuring out how to solve the left side conundrum: put Raphaël Guerreiro in attacking midfield and let him swing left, giving that side a left-footed player which they are desperately missing at the moment.
However, today for me, was all about Joshua Walter Kimmich. Kimmich under Kompany has always been elite, easily the best midfielder in the world, but he is somehow getting better. Recognising that Frankfurt weren’t going to press him with intensity given how compact Bayern’s defense was, he took full advantage of the space and time he was afforded, pinging long balls and turning his markers with ease throughout the 90. It was unbelievable watching him pick up the ball from the centre-backs and without a second thought sending it into the stratosphere, just for it to drop right at a winger’s feet and suddenly Bayern are entering the final third with five players breaking the box and another three arriving short to receive. This is the kind of talent that screams ‘once-in-a-generation player’.
Well I can ease your pain, get you on your feet again: What’s a wall without all of its bricks?
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – OCTOBER 4: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally enhanced.) Harry Kane of München celebrates his side’s second goal during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Bayern München at Deutsche Bank Park on October 4, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Simon Hofmann/Bundesliga/Bundesliga Collection via Getty Images)
Relax, I’ll need some information first.
Just the basic facts: Can you show me where it hurts?
Bayern Munich’s squad have been ravaged with injury already this season. Of the seven full-backs in the squad, five are injured, along with injuries in goal and in the attacking positions, necessitating the integration of players like Lennart Karl and Wisdom Mike into the first team fold.
Today, Bayern have had the most major injury scare this team possibly could have had. Halfway through the second half, Kane went into a 1v1 situation against keeper Kauã Santos who completely clattered into him and hurt his ankle, with Kane being substituted off (no foul because Kane was offside in the build-up). The player has spoken positively in reaction to his injury, saying its minor and that he feels he will be able to play during the international break, but it was a scare nonetheless, not even half a year since Jamal Musiala lost the rest of his year to a similar incident involving Gianluigi Donnarumma at the Club World Cup. Losing Kane would be a devastating blow to Bayern, throwing their Champions League hopes into disarray and even making them a soft target in the Bundesliga, so while it is great that he feels fine, this could have been so much worse.
There is no pain you are receding,
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can’t hear what you’re saying.
However, on the flipside, analysing this game with the injuries in mind, it bodes extremely well for Bayern. This is a team that is currently missing two of their most crucial players, players who are on the most lucrative contracts at the whole club right now, as well as, in the case of Alphonso Davies, all of the players who would otherwise fill in for them. We have been playing Konrad Laimer at left-back, and have been not only getting the job done, but playing at a higher level than any other team in Europe. We are now mere weeks away from Alphonso Davies and Jamal Musiala returning to this team, as well as Hiroki Itō who will no doubt become a key cog in the machine due to his unique profile as a left-footer who can play both centre-back and left-back.
When I was a child I had a fever,
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I’ve got that feeling once again,
I can’t explain you would not understand.
With this convincing win over a team that posed a very real threat to Bayern with some in-form individuals and a fantastic coaching setup, Bayern Munich look stronger than ever. Ten competitive games, ten competitive wins, and not a single one of those felt undeserved in the slightest. It is unprecedented levels of domination, and it remains to be seen if any team can stop them. While others saw the season as a break to reset and restart, it seems like Bayern just added a piece here and there while keeping continuity from the last season going, and it’s doing them a world of good as the accumulation of those fundamentals and automations has now borne fruit in the form of this; this amalgam of machine and paintbrush, this marriage of factory and canvas.
Vincent Kompany’s Bayern Munich made me fall in love with football again.
Bayern Munich’s away match against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga had all the makings of a dreaded trap game.
The Bavarians were scorching hot, entering a break, and playing against a desperate team coming off of a midweek embarrassment in the Champions League. Everything was lined up for a letdown…until it wasn’t.
Bayern Munich kept up its intensity and did not let anything distract it from the main goal — securing a win. The Bavarians did just that in a 3-0 victory. Let’s get into the nitty gritty of the match. Check out what we have on tap for this edition of the Bavarian Podcast Works — Postgame Show:
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