Kompany wants focus as Bayern pushes for title
Vincent Kompany is keeping talk of celebrations on ice, with Bayern Munich on the brink of claiming the Bundesliga title this weekend.
Bayern holds an eight-point lead over last season's champion Bayer Leverkusen, which is second on 67 points, with three games remaining.
Bayern faces RB Leipzig this weekend, knowing that a win would clinch a record-extending 34th top-flight triumph.
Even if it fails to earn three points, it can still clinch the title if Leverkusen's result at Freiburg matches its own.
"We want to win tomorrow and be champions," Kompany said. "That'd be nice.
"Tomorrow is a final for us. Hopefully, we do it. We're preparing as normal for Leipzig. I'm not preparing any celebrations. I'm preparing for the game.
"They have a lot of talent and quality, lots of good young players. They lost in Frankfurt [last week]. I think they'll now play with full energy again, look to attack.
"Teams make radical decisions against Bayern ... I think we will get the best version of Leipzig as an opponent. It will be tough. We need to prepare for the game, not for a party."
Bayern has only lost two of its 31 games so far this Bundesliga season, winning 23 of those, something it managed in 2016-2017 under Carlo Ancelotti.
It is currently on 75 points, three more than it had at the end of the 2023-2024 campaign.
Bayern recorded a 5-1 victory over Leipzig in the reverse fixture, and has only lost one of its past 10 competitive games away at Leipzig, but winning only four of thise while registering five draws. It lost most recently 2-1 in March 2018.
Kompany will be without top-scorer Harry Kane, who is looking to land a long-awaited first title of his career, as he is suspended after accumulating five yellow cards.
However, the Belgian confirmed that Kane will travel with the squad.
"Harry is one of our best players mentally. He knows his moment is coming. He's exuding confidence," Kompany said.
Kane has scored 36 goals and registered 12 assists in 44 appearances in all competitions for Bayern this season.
"I have not seen anything in training that even hints he is not even playing on Saturday. He's trained well," Kompany added.
"Maybe some guys will come with [us] to Leipzig ... Harry probably won't pass up the opportunity to come."
