{"id":1648,"date":"2026-10-02T09:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2026-10-02T09:02:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:02:58","slug":"vincent-kompan-speak-against-manuel-neuer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\r\n
\r\n
<\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The documented comments I found show Kompany defending Neuer, including after criticism of the goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vincent Kompany and Manuel Neuer: A Different Kind of Tension<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Vincent Kompany has faced questions about Manuel Neuer\u2019s performances at Bayern Munich, particularly after difficult Champions League matches. However, rather than publicly attacking his captain, Kompany has generally emphasized collective responsibility and defended Neuer against criticism.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

After Bayern\u2019s 1\u20134 defeat to Barcelona in October 2024, Kompany stressed that the defeat could not simply be blamed on Neuer. He said that when Bayern lose, responsibility belongs to the entire team, from the goalkeeper through the defense and attack to the coaching staff.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Kompany again defended Neuer after the goalkeeper was criticized following Bayern\u2019s 1\u20133 defeat to Arsenal in November 2025. The coach argued that he viewed Neuer\u2019s controversial decision differently and described him as an exceptional goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Neuer subsequently extended his Bayern contract through 2027, with the club continuing to regard him as an important figure.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So, while Kompany has acknowledged that Neuer can make mistakes, the available evidence does not support the claim that he has launched a public attack against him.<\/p>\n\n

<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The documented comments I found show Kompany defending Neuer, including after criticism of the goalkeeper.   Vincent Kompany and Manuel Neuer: A Different Kind of […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[308],"class_list":["post-1648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bayern-munich-news"],"yoast_head":"\nVincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vincent Kompany has faced questions about Manuel Neuer\u2019s performances at Bayern Munich, particularly after......\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vincent Kompany has faced questions about Manuel Neuer\u2019s performances at Bayern Munich, particularly after......\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"sportprocess.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-02T09:01:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-02T09:02:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6\"},\"headline\":\"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-02T09:01:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-02T09:02:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bayern Munich News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648\",\"name\":\"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-02T09:01:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-02T09:02:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6\"},\"description\":\"Vincent Kompany has faced questions about Manuel Neuer\u2019s performances at Bayern Munich, particularly after......\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?p=1648#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/\",\"name\":\"sportprocess.co.uk\",\"description\":\"Sport news and update\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer","description":"Vincent Kompany has faced questions about Manuel Neuer\u2019s performances at Bayern Munich, particularly after......","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer","og_description":"Vincent Kompany has faced questions about Manuel Neuer\u2019s performances at Bayern Munich, particularly after......","og_url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648","og_site_name":"sportprocess.co.uk","article_published_time":"2026-10-02T09:01:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-02T09:02:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6"},"headline":"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer","datePublished":"2026-10-02T09:01:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-02T09:02:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648"},"wordCount":198,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg","keywords":["Bayern Munich News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648","url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648","name":"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-02T09:01:19+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-02T09:02:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6"},"description":"Vincent Kompany has faced questions about Manuel Neuer\u2019s performances at Bayern Munich, particularly after......","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?p=1648#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vincent Kompan speak against Manuel Neuer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/","name":"sportprocess.co.uk","description":"Sport news and update","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/6c08cc2bdd7911748ff48afaf176fed6","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8ef950cbb7574c0bc874094b8d307659bfe2d7aa4a9d26fa6917eff010748f9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk"],"url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/blt1c6d339cc532f47d.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1649,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1648\/revisions\/1649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportprocess.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}