Bayern Munich's coach, Vincent Kompany, appeared at a press conference to discuss tomorrow's match against St. Pauli in the 12th round of the German Bundesliga, to be held at the Allianz Arena.

He began his talk about analyzing the loss against Arsenal: "It was very helpful to rewatch the match. I think that after any game, we usually move straight on to the next one – but we can't move forward without learning. During the first hour, we were solid and matched them on their home turf in London. The last half hour wasn’t up to our standard anymore; Arsenal came into the game stronger and deservedly won. The issue wasn’t the full 90 minutes, but the last 30 minutes."

He added about the team's condition: "It depends on the last training session, who will be able to participate and who has some issues. There are no new injuries; we are just looking at some minor details and hope that the energy will be at 100% tomorrow."

He emphasized: "We never want to lose, we do not accept it, nor do we like it. But it’s about how we react at a certain stage of the season, regarding the Arsenal match and now against St. Pauli. All of this is part of preparing ourselves to be ready for the big moments later in the season."

Regarding Bayern's weakness in defending set pieces: "Of course, we always learn from every situation. I want us to attack and score many goals. But we also train on defending inside the box and on set pieces. There isn’t much more we can do on the pitch; we have limited training time, but we’re still trying to incorporate everything. So, we have to rely heavily on video analysis – and we need to get past this phase and then achieve a series of matches where the team looks solid. You can’t just wish for it – we have to be there and respond. It’s natural that this is a topic right now – and until we solve it, it will remain so."

He added: "We have been a solid team in set pieces over the past 18 months. We are going through a phase now – and I want us to find the right solutions and build ourselves so that this aspect could become one of our greatest strengths. When the ball comes and there’s chaos, you have to jump and clear the ball with your head. I don’t want us to doubt everything; this is the phase we’re going through, and it’s good to discuss it – but we will resolve the situation and put an end to it."

He continued regarding Manuel Neuer's mistake on Martinelli's goal: "What mistake are we talking about? I have a different opinion on that – what is a goalkeeper supposed to do? Wait until he faces a one-on-one situation? Or come forward to help his teammate and anticipate the situation halfway? I'm a bit surprised by the question – this is the first time I've heard that this was supposed to be a mistake."

Regarding Jonas Urbig's participation tomorrow: "When we decide to change the goalkeeper, it is always in consultation with Manu. We didn't do that this time, and I have to think about what is best for the team. We also want Jonas Urbig to develop – but the timing requires a calm discussion; we haven't done that yet. I have been focused solely on St. Pauli."

Regarding tomorrow's match against St. Pauli: "I believe the most important thing for us is that we don't differentiate between Arsenal and St. Pauli in our preparation. Certainly, we'll be playing at home, not away, but when we look at St. Pauli, we also see what they're good at. They have been a tough opponent for us in our two recent encounters; they fought hard. We take that into account; we know the match won't be easy – even though they've lost eight games. A match like the one against Bayern might be different for them as well – a game like that puts less pressure on you when you're near the bottom of the table. That could be a positive for St. Pauli."

And Hansi Flick spoke about whether he had spoken with Dayot Upamecano after his mistake against Arsenal: "I discussed the point you mentioned about Neuer, but I won’t go into that. It’s a clear situation. But as a coach, you can’t ask your players to do something, and then if a mistake happens, tell them: you weren’t supposed to do that. In the analysis afterwards, we can say, ‘It would have been better to do this or that,’ and from that, we can learn. But of course, we lost, and we have to learn from it to improve. And I’m sure he will benefit from this to develop and learn from it. That’s completely normal."