Bayern through in DFB Cup on Kompany's debut

Ulm 0-4 Bayern Munich
Goals: 0-1 Müller 12' (assist: Kimmich), 0-2 Müller 15' (assist: Gnabry), 0-3 Coman 79' (assist: Olise), 0-4 Kane 90'+3 (assist: Müller)

While Thomas Müller was a familiar figure to Bayern fans, Kompany was one of a host of new faces among the visitors. Harry Kane was joined on the bench by summer signings João Palhinha, Michael Olise and Nestory Irankunda, while Josip Stanišić started having won the domestic double while on loan at Bayer Leverkusen last season. Reclaiming the Bundesliga title and winning the club’s 21st DFB Cup will be high on Kompany’s to-do list, and Bayern set about the latter task with gusto. Müller swept home a half-volley with just 12 minutes gone before then easing the ball into an empty net after being teed up unselfishly by Serge Gnabry soon after.

Müller saw Raphaël Guerreiro narrowly fail to connect with his backpost cross, and Ulm’s troubles deepened when goalkeeper Christian Ortag was forced off through injury with the game barely half-an-hour old. A lively Müller had a chance for a third before the break only for Ulm to then create an opportunity of their own, rousing Kompany from his bench to berate his players’ dip in focus. It was resharpened at half-time and Minjae Kim headed a Joshua Kimmich cross wide before Kane entered the fray just after the hour mark. The England captain had a hand in Bayern’s third, freeing Olise before France’s Olympic silver medallist crossed for another substitute, Kingsley Coman, to score. Kane headed in his first DFB Cup goal to add the gloss in added time.

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Match stats

• Müller now has 36 DFB Cup goals - the highest tally among players currently active in the Bundesliga and eighth on the all-time list, topped by Gerd Müller’s 78.
• This was also Müller's 708th senior appearance for Bayern - one shy of Sepp Maier's club record.
• Kompany follows Jürgen Klinsmann and Louis van Gaal as Bayern coaches to win a cup game as their first match in charge.
• Kane scored on his DFB Cup debut, having also done the same on his Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League bows for Bayern.
• Bayern are record 20-time DFB Cup winners, but haven't lifted the trophy since 2019/20.
• The Bavarians are through to the second round for a competition record 29th year in a row.

Teams

Ulm: Ortag (Seybold 33') - Kolbe, Reichert (c), Strompf - Stoll, Brandt (Kölle 78'), Hyryläinen, Rösch - Chessa (Keller 63'), Higl (Telalović 78'), Krattenmacher (Meier 63')
Unused subs: Geyer, Yarbrough, Allgeier, Maier
Coach: Thomas Wörle

Bayern: Neuer (c) - Stanišić, Upamecano (Davies 84'), Kim, Guerreiro - Kimmich, Pavlović (Palhinha 77') - Gnabry (Olise 77'), Müller, Musiala (Kane 63') - Tel (Coman 63')
Unused subs: Ulreich, Dier, Laimer, Irankunda
Coach: Vincent Kompany

As it happened!