A clean sheet was icing on the cake
Bayern recorded a second consecutive clean sheet to start 2025. Even more impressive was the fact that it was achieved with a lack of pace in both the center of defense and at right back with Eric Dier and Raphael Guerreiro in those positions, respectively.
Credit has to go to both Kompany and the players themselves for striking up the right balance over 90 minutes. Bayern were seldom threatened on the break and managed to limit Hoffenheim to just two shots on target, both of which were from long range. Dier in particular deserves praise for his reading of the game to compensate for his lack of recovery pace.
(Stats courtesy; Fotmob)