Max Eberl gives all-clear on Aleksandar Pavlovic and Tom Bischof

Max Eberl said FC Bayern Munich need not be overly concerned about Aleksandar Pavlovic and Tom Bischof, who were substituted after picking up knocks during Wednesday evening’s 4-1 win over Atalanta Bergamo. “Judging by the way they were clapping just now, I didn’t see or feel any injuries,” the sporting director said.

He added he was usually with the team straight after the first-half talk and therefore did not have diagnoses to hand, but that he had not seen any dramatic scenes in the dressing room with doctors rushing about frantically and would assume the changes were precautionary.

Pavlovic had come off in the 55th minute and had hinted at hip problems to coach Vincent Kompany when he was substituted. The midfielder said: "I just had a bit of pain in my hip flexors, but I don’t think it’s anything dramatic." Bischof sat on the pitch before being substituted in the 72nd minute and received brief treatment, and does not appear to have suffered a serious injury.

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