Bayern Munich: Neuer returns, coach Kompany told to rest

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was back in Bayern Munich training on Tuesday for their Champions League match against Arsenal, but midfielder Joshua Kimmich and coach Vincent Kompany were absent.

Neuer had been sidelined with a foot problem, with Jonas Urbig deputizing in the 3-3 Champions League draw at Viking Stavanger and 6-1 Bundesliga triumph over RB Leipzig.

Fit again, the 40-year-old Neuer is expected to be between the posts against Arsenal, with Kimmich and Kompany also set to be there.

Kimmich missed training for personal reasons, while Kompany was absent from training and the pre-match news conference due to illness, plagued by a virus and hip problems that already made him follow the Leipzig match sitting in the dug-out, with assistant Aaron Danks giving the instructions. 

"Vincent Kompany has been advised to take it easy due to a viral infection so will be absent from today's training session and press conference," Bayern said.

Danks oversaw Tuesday training and was to conduct the news conference, having also done the latter last season when Kompany was suspended for the first leg semi-final against eventual champions Paris Saint-Germain.

Bayern will be without influential winger Michael Olise for the visit of the Gunners and striker Harry Kane urged that others must seize the opportunity.

"When one of your key players is missing, you definitely feel the difference. But that's exactly when other players have to step up and make the most of this opportunity," Kane said. "Others can step in and, hopefully, do a really good job."

Arsenal last won in Munich in 2013 but beat Bayern 3-1 in their last meeting almost a year ago in London.