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Bayern beat Freiburg 3-1 with Kompany absent
Bayern beat Freiburg 3-1 away in a Bundesliga match between the league leaders and the team in third place.
Assistant coach Aaron Danks led Bayern because head coach Vincent Kompany was in hospital after collapsing at training; Danks said Kompany was stable and improving.
Dayot Upamecano and Serge Gnabry scored before half-time, with Gnabry reaching 100 Bundesliga goals.
Freiburg pulled one back through a Bayern own goal in the 82nd minute and pushed for an equaliser, but Bayern held on.
Michael Olise scored in stoppage time after a mistake by Freiburg goalkeeper Noah Atubolu.
The win kept Bayern top, while Freiburg remained third after a third consecutive defeat in all competitions.
Bayern next face Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
Bayern Munich beat Freiburg 3-1 away to return to the top of the Bundesliga table.
Dayot Upamecano and Serge Gnabry scored in the first half, while Michael Olise sealed the win in stoppage time.
Freiburg pulled a goal back through a Tom Bischof own goal in the 82nd minute.
The match was Bayern’s first since manager Vincent Kompany was admitted to hospital after collapsing at training.
Assistant coach Aaron Danks stood in for Kompany, who was reported to be stable and expected to be absent for weeks rather than days.
- Who
- Bayern Munich beat SC Freiburg.
- What
- Bayern won 3-1 and returned to the top of the Bundesliga table.
- When
- Sunday, October 25, 2026.
- Where
- Europa-Park Stadion in Freiburg, Germany.
- Why
- Bayern needed a win to move back above Borussia Dortmund on goal difference.
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Vincent Kompany collapsed while watching Bayern’s second team train and was taken to hospital.
Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0, moving above Bayern in the Bundesliga table.
Bayern fans displayed a banner wishing Kompany a speedy recovery.
Bayern beat Freiburg 3-1, with goals from Upamecano, Gnabry and Olise and an own goal by Bischof.
- Final score
- Freiburg 1-3 Bayern Munich
- Bayern goals
- Dayot Upamecano, Serge Gnabry and Michael Olise
- Freiburg goal
- Tom Bischof own goal, 82nd minute
- Olise’s goal
- Fifth minute of stoppage time
- Kompany’s status
- Stable in hospital; expected to be absent for weeks rather than days
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What people are saying
The feedback is really positive at the moment. He's stable [in hospital], he's doing well. He feels a little better every day.
We won't be talking about days, but weeks. We need to all be clear on that.
We must come together even more closely as a family, as a club.
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