Bayern Munich’s Max Eberl insists his players deserve ‘A+’ and not ‘A’ press grades | OneFootball

After last night’s Champions League victory over defending UCL champs PSG stretched Bayern Munich’s record-breaking winning streak to 16 straight matches, Max Eberl could only laugh and joke in the mixed zone last night. Bayern’s board-member-for-spot even took a swipe at Germany’s preeminent footballing publication. 

“Sixteen wins in a row serves as proof of our quality,” Eberl told a flock of reporters. “We’ve beaten the defending Club World Cup Champions [Chelsea] and the defending Champions League champions [PSG]. That’s an excellent start [to the season] and we’re nevertheless not tired of it. There’s more to come and we want more.

“It’s a spectacular foundation that we’ve laid and, for me personally, it’s wonderful just how we’ve managed to accomplish it,” Eberl continued. “It has nothing to do with luck. Of course, one has moments of luck in a football match. But the way we react as a football team both on and off the pitch means something exceptionally important is developing here.

“Is Kicker here?” Eberl jokingly answered when asked to rate the performance of the central defensive duo of Jonathan Tah and Dayot Upamecano. “They deserve an ‘A+’ grade. What’s with all these “A’ grades? Why? Because they wear yellow shoes or what’s going on here? Luis Diaz probably deserved an “A+” for the first half despite getting a red card.

“It’s hard to pick out the most spectacular players,” Eberl concluded. “Starting right back [Konrad Laimer] handled it from ‘A to Z’. Harry Kane, even Tom Bischof [off the bench in the second half to defend shorthanded]. There were so many players who really delivered [tonight].“

GGFN | Peter Weis