Kovac: Coman not retiring soon
Bayern Munich coach Niko Kovac insisted that Kingsley Coman's stunning late goal in their dramatic 3-3 draw at Ajax Amsterdam has put paid to talk of the winger's early retirement.
Coman, 22, helped fire Bayern to the top of Group E in a bad-tempered match in Amsterdam, where both sides finished with 10 men.
The Frenchman came off the bench to put Bayern 3-2 up on 90 minutes, before Nicolas Tagliafico equalised for Ajax in the fifth minute of added time.
In the build-up to the match, Coman implied another ankle injury could force him into early retirement after he twice tore ligaments in his left ankle this year.
"(Coman) has put a bad injury behind him. The goal answered that talk of retirement. I don't think that'll be happening any time soon," said Kovac.
Robert Lewandowski gave Bayern a first-half lead, but Ajax went 2-1 up after the break with a strike and a penalty by Dusan Tadic.
But Lewandowski equalised from the spot three minutes from time. Coman then made it 3-2 before Tagliafico rescued a draw for the Dutch. - AFP
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