Vincent Kompany hits back at Bayern critics after 9-2 victory over Dinamo in Champions League opener
Vincent Kompany was told by critics that the Bayern Munich job was 'too big' for him after leading Burnley to relegation, but their perfect start to the season suggests that he can handle it.
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He vowed to continue proving his critics wrong after Bayern Munich romped to a record-breaking 9-2 victory in the Champions League.
The Manchester City legend Kompany watched his side hammer Croatian outfit Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 on Tuesday, with England captain Harry Kane scoring four at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern's nine-goal haul was the most scored by a single team in a Champions League match, also making it four wins out of four under new boss Kompany.
Despite leading Burnley to relegation last term after a dominant season in the Championship, Bayern saw enough in Kompany to give him the job after months of searching for Thomas Tuchel's successor.
The Belgian's appointment led to criticism, with many believing that he didn't possess the managerial pedigree to take charge of a club like Bayern.
Results so far, however, have proven the naysayers wrong and Kompany insists that he's used to enjoying success against the odds.
"I'll tell you something in a quick way just to prove a point," the former City defender said post-match, having been asked about critics who claimed that the job was 'too big' for him.
"I was born in Brussels, my dad was a refugee who came from Congo. What are my chances of even playing in the Premier League, winning something as a player, playing for the national team? The odds were 0.000 something.
"Now I'm a coach, do you just stop believing in yourself and what you can achieve because of what other people say? The mentality is to keep going and in the end if you fail, you fail [and] if you succeed, you succeed. But you can always become better.
"Online you can always find stuff [criticism] so I really don't take it personal. What am I supposed to do? Stop because of what other people think? Let's encourage people to succeed and break barriers."
Source: Mirror.co.uk