Vincent Kompany stated he is “impressed every single day” by Manuel Neuer after the veteran goalkeeper made 9 saves in Bayern Munich’s 2-1 Champions League win over Actual Madrid on Tuesday.
Neuer, 40, made three stops every in opposition to Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior in an MVP efficiency on the Bernabéu, to go away Bayern on prime going into subsequent week’s quarterfinal second leg in Munich.
The keeper was additionally near conserving out Mbappé’s 74th-minute aim, getting his hand to the ahead’s shot, which then crept over the road, to offer Madrid hope within the tie.
“You will get me in bother with guys like Thibaut Courtois, who I like very a lot as properly!” Kompany stated in his postmatch information convention, when requested if Neuer was the most effective goalkeeper ever. “Everybody can have their very own selection, however Manu has achieved it for a really, very very long time. That is one thing not many goalkeepers are capable of do.
“I see him every single day in coaching, and nonetheless now I am impressed every single day. That reveals how a lot he is nonetheless capable of be one of many prime goalkeepers.”
Neuer’s 9 saves had been probably the most he has made in a sport prior to now 5 seasons in all competitions.
The final time he topped the determine within the Champions League knockout stage was in April 2017, when he made 10, additionally in opposition to Actual Madrid.
Madrid’s gamers praised Neuer after Tuesday’s match, with each keeper Andriy Lunin and defender Antonio Rüdiger describing him as Bayern’s “finest participant.”
“If he was the most effective participant I am pleased with that, it is not an issue,” Kompany stated. “You want particular performances all the time, at this degree in these sorts of video games. At the moment we had possibilities to attain extra targets, so let’s hope we proceed this way, and hope our strikers are the most effective gamers subsequent week, that may even be OK for me.”