Kompany gives injury update ahead of Der Klassiker

Vincent Kompany has provided an injury update on his Bayern Munich squad ahead of Saturday’s clash with Borussia Dortmund.

Despite Aleksandar Pavlovic and Kingsley Coman making progress in their recoveries, Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany does not expect any of his injured players to return for Saturday’s Bundesliga clash with Borussia Dortmund.

This means that Manuel Neuer will miss out once again, with his availability for Bayern’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Inter on Wednesday still uncertain.

“’Aleks’ Pavlovic and Kingsley Coman will be in training today and do some tests, but I’m presuming that nothing will change in terms of the squad for the Dortmund game. We also can’t say anything yet about Manuel Neuer for the Inter second leg,” Kompany said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.

Although Borussia Dortmund currently sit in eighth place and aren’t in direct title contention with Bayern this season, Kompany still views Der Klassiker as a major fixture.

“Der Klassiker hasn’t lost any of its gloss. Obviously the games against Leverkusen this season were also special. But I grew up with Bayern against Dortmund or Bayern against Bremen being big games. That’s still the case,” he said.

“You also look at the start of the season when these games are. I think it’s good that there’s some extra heat around these games, that they’re made special. We need to take the importance into our play tomorrow.”