"But both players came under intense criticism in the Bavarians' 3-1 loss in the Champions League against Arsenal FC, as Upamecano passed the ball to the opposition in the build up to their second goal and Neuer rushed out of his box only to be left in no man's land as the Londoners' forward slotted the ball into an empty net for their third."
"But as a coach, you can't ask your players to do something and then if it goes wrong you say you shouldn't have done it. In the analysis afterwards, we can say, 'This or that would have been better', and then we can learn from it. But of course, we lost, and we have to learn from that in order to improve. And I'm sure he'll use that to improve, to learn from it."
Manuel Neuer and Dayot Upamecano delivered a stellar season at Bayern Munich, with the high defensive line limiting opponent chances. Both players were criticised after Bayern's 3-1 Champions League defeat to Arsenal when Upamecano's pass led to the second goal and Neuer's rush left the net exposed for the third. Vincent Kompany disputed the notion that Neuer was clearly at fault, defended the goalkeeper's decision to intervene, accepted the second goal as a clear situation, and stressed coaching responsibility, post-match analysis, and learning from mistakes to improve.
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