Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany has defended his decision to start Leon Goretzka in Saturday's 1-0 win over St. Pauli, marking his first Bundesliga start this season.

Man City's fourth straight loss shows the reality that they're not close to where they need to be. PLUS: Real Madrid suffer another critical injury. Here's the first batch of Monday Musings.

Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia) contacted Salihamidžić, who responded to the story that Matthäus put out — that Hansi Flick and Salihamidžić went to war over Florian Wirt ...