According to an Inside informer from Bayern, ( BayernSpace), a quiet anxiety has settled over the Bayern Munchen in the build-up to Wednesday’s trip to the Emirates. Arsenal are spoken about with an unusual level of respect, almost reverence, with many inside Säbener Straße describing them as the best team in the world at this moment and the clear favourites to win the Champions League.
The mood behind the scenes is sober, and the private expectation is that this could unravel quickly. Luis Díaz’s suspension, combined with a squad that already looks drained after the early-season workload and the international break, has amplified those concerns. Bayern’s long-standing vulnerability at set pieces is being mentioned in meeting rooms with increasing frustration, especially as Arsenal are, according to several staff members, the most sophisticated and relentless set-piece side Bayern have prepared for in recent memory.
The fear is that, unless Bayern and Vincent Kompany find complete clarity, focus, and discipline, the night in North London could slip into something long and punishing. Inside the club, this match is being framed as Kompany’s first real benchmark. PSG, as many point out, were not in good form when Bayern played them, which makes Arsenal a different kind of examination entirely.
This is the game, people say, that will show whether Kompany has absorbed the lessons from the last season, and whether he can finally take something from a genuinely big game against an elite opponent operating at the peak of its powers.
