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Another Painful Home Defeat for Marseille as Auxerre Wins 3-1 in French League

Auxerre's Malian forward #17 Lassine Sinayoko (L) fights for the ball with Marseille's Argentinian defender #05 Leonardo Balerdi during the French L1 football match between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and AJ Auxerre at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, southern France on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)
Auxerre's Malian forward #17 Lassine Sinayoko (L) fights for the ball with Marseille's Argentinian defender #05 Leonardo Balerdi during the French L1 football match between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and AJ Auxerre at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, southern France on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)
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Another Painful Home Defeat for Marseille as Auxerre Wins 3-1 in French League

Auxerre's Malian forward #17 Lassine Sinayoko (L) fights for the ball with Marseille's Argentinian defender #05 Leonardo Balerdi during the French L1 football match between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and AJ Auxerre at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, southern France on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)
Auxerre's Malian forward #17 Lassine Sinayoko (L) fights for the ball with Marseille's Argentinian defender #05 Leonardo Balerdi during the French L1 football match between Olympique de Marseille (OM) and AJ Auxerre at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, southern France on November 8, 2024. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP)

Marseille slumped to its second successive French league loss at home when Auxerre grabbed a 3-1 win at the Stade Vélodrome on Friday.
Roberto de Zerbi’s team was whistled and jeered by the frustrated home fans, with some Auxerre players even attempting to console the likes of Marseille midfielder Adrien Rabiot. There was no such sympathy from the supporters, who booed and whistled their team.
Marseille was bidding to keep some pressure on Paris Saint-Germain after its 3-0 loss to the club in its last game at home.
But it was given a shock in the 10th minute on Friday when Lassine Sinayoko capitalized on a mistake from defender Lilian Brassier to score. It was the Malian forward’s second goal in as many games for Auxerre.
It got worse before the break, when Gaëtan Perrin and Hamed Junior Traoré scored two goals in three minutes for the visitors, The Associated Press reported.
Marseille tried responding in the second half, but Auxerre went closer to scoring at the other end.
Then Marseille was given a lifeline when Clement Akpa was penalized for handball. Mason Greenwood duly scored the penalty in the 65th.
But that was as good as it got for de Zerbi’s team with Auxerre’s defense on top despite missing some first-choice players through injury.

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Bayern Have Attacking Options to Replace Kane, Says Kompany

Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany claps hands during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at the Signal-Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP)
Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany claps hands during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at the Signal-Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP)
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Bayern Have Attacking Options to Replace Kane, Says Kompany

Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany claps hands during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at the Signal-Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP)
Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany claps hands during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at the Signal-Iduna Park in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP)

Bayern Munich have enough talented players to replace injured striker Harry Kane, starting on Tuesday with their German Cup round of 16 tie against holders Bayer Leverkusen, coach Vincent Kompany.

The England captain, who has netted 20 goals across all competitions this season and leads the Bundesliga scorers' list with 14, suffered a thigh muscle injury in Saturday's 1-1 league draw at Borussia Dortmund.

Kane is expected to be out for a couple of weeks but Kompany said he hoped he could still return to action before the winter break starts on Dec. 22. Bayern are top of the Bundesliga with a four-point lead over Eintracht Frankfurt.

"It is difficult to say at this moment but there is a chance for him to still play this year," Kompany told a press conference on Monday.

"But he will miss several games and to replace him, you know you cannot replace the goals or the player one-for-one. That's why he is a top player."

Kompany said players like Thomas Mueller, Serge Gnabry, Michael Olise and Leroy Sane had enough experience to fill the gap.

"We have talent in the team and need to solve it differently. We won't be lacking talent tomorrow but it will look different," Kompany said.

"We have many options. Thomas Mueller, Mathys Tel, Gnabry, Olise, Leroy. I now named almost everyone. Obviously, Harry has scored 20 goals... but we have dangerous players in attack."

Bayern last won the German Cup in 2020 and have failed to get past the quarter-finals since, losing in the second round in three of the past four seasons.

"We play the Cup holders tomorrow. One of the top two or three games in Germany, and I hope our performance will match the importance of the game," Kompany said.