According to the club, the attacking midfielder is absent “due to minor knee problems.” The German record champions announced this without providing further details. The timing is certainly unfortunate. Just a few days after the match at the Millerntor, Bayern Munich will host Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final second leg. Gnabry, who has been one of Vincent Kompany’s key players this season, also started in the first leg for Bayern and provided the assist for Luis Diaz’s opening goal.
It was still unclear whether Gnabry’s availability for the big midweek match against Real Madrid was truly in doubt or whether it was merely a precautionary measure. Sky commentator Wolff-Christoph Fuss, however, referred to it as a “resting measure.”