Overview
- Bayern overturned Ragnar Ache’s opener as Harry Kane scored twice and Michael Olise added a fourth to complete the comeback.
- Luis Díaz made it 1-1 from an offside position shown clearly on replays, but the decision could not be reviewed with VAR unavailable before the last 16.
- Köln’s Marius Bülter said the assistant acknowledged the offside and complained the referee told him he had not looked at the incident at halftime.
- Former referee Manuel Gräfe and TV analysts criticized the missed call, linking it to wider concerns over limited VAR deployment in early cup rounds.
- With Manuel Neuer suspended, Jonas Urbig started for Bayern and made several saves as the team logged a 14th win in 14 competitive matches to advance.