Kingsley Coman produced a moment of brilliance in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 German Cup win over fourth division Energie Cottbus.
German Cup final: Kingsley Coman (78′) RB Leipzig 0-2 Bayern Munich
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Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac has played down a training ground bust-up between Robert Lewandowski and Kingsley Coman.
Kovac said there had been “a scuffle” between winger Coman and striker Lewandowski on Thursday but no further action would be taken.
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“There was an incident during training yesterday. There was a scuffle between two players, and I discussed it with them after the session,” he said at a news conference ahead of Sunday’s match against Fortuna Dusseldorf.
“Both apologised for their…
Jurgen Klopp failed to get one over on former foe Bayern Munich as Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their second round Champions League tie at Anfield.
Bayern Munich remain confident that Kingsley Coman can play in the Champions League match against Liverpool next week.
Coman has been sidelined with a muscle injury since late February, but the 22-year-old winger could return to the squad in time for their meeting with Liverpool next Wednesday.
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“Coman is back, he’s doing his rehabilitation training and we are in good spirits that he can make Liverpool,” Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac told his prematch news conference ahead of Saturday’s Bundesliga…
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Bayern Munich will be without Germany defender Jerome Boateng when they face Liverpool in the Champions League at Anfield on Tuesday.
Winger Franck Ribery will join his teammates in England later after his wife gave birth early on Monday, coach Niko Kovac said.
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Kovac, who has a 21-man squad for the round-of-16 first-leg match, said: “Jerome Boateng is absent because of a stomach bug.
“Franck Ribery became a father again tonight. He will fly out this afternoon.”
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LIVERPOOL, England — Niko Kovac believes his Bayern Munich side were paired with the toughest opponents in the Champions League as they prepare to face Liverpool in the last 16.
The two-legged tie begins on Tuesday evening as the reigning Bundesliga champions travel to Anfield.
Liverpool reached the final of the competition last season where they lost to Real Madrid and are battling Manchester City for the Premier League title this season, leaving Kovac in no doubt about the task that lies ahead.
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Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman will be fit to face Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday despite suffering an injury in the 3-2 win over Augsburg on Friday, the club have said.
France international Coman scored as Bayern won 3-2 but turned his left ankle, on which he had previously had surgery, in the closing moments.
At his postmatch news conference, coach Niko Kovac said the situation “does not look good,” but Bayern said on Saturday that the winger would be ready to play at Anfield…
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Niko Kovac admits Borussia Dortmund would have to make mistakes in order for Bayern Munich to win the Bundesliga title.
Franck Ribery will leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season, sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic indicated on Tuesday.
It comes after Arjen Robben said earlier this month that he would leave when his contract expires in the summer after a decade of success with the German champions.
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Bayern started the 3-2 defeat to Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund on Saturday with eight of the starting XI from the 2013 Champions League final against the same opposition. That defeat saw Dortmund open a seven-point gap on Bayern, who fell to fifth in the table.
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Jupp Heynckes clarifies that Bayern is not a selling club and dismisses suggestions that Robert Lewandowski will be sold at the end of the season. Bayern Munich’s in-form winger Kingsley Coman has been ruled out for “several weeks” following ankle surgery, dealing a setback to the club’s Treble hopes and the Frenchman’s World Cup hopes.
Coman, 21, suffered a torn ligament in Bayern’s goalless draw in the Bundesliga against Hertha Berlin at the weekend.
Coman had replaced Franck Ribery on 68 minutes and picked up the injury in a challenge with Australia international Mathew Leckie thirteen minutes later.
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