Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich's hopes of Bundesliga glory were hit by a serious blow when they lost to Bayer Leverkusen, with Julian Nagelsmann and Hasan Salihamidzic ...

If we don’t - or in worst case we lose - then it will be difficult to win the title, considering the current form of Dortmund." "Today, we were lazy. Bayern face a top-of-the-table clash with Dortmund in their first game back after the international break. "This team is so good when they have a mentality from the start and go 100 per cent, but just as bad when they don't do it and think that they can do everything with [their] quality. Bayern will have to seriously improve their performances when the Bundesliga returns from the international break. Confidence or not, we have to bring [our] mentality and greed to the pitch. We let ourselves be overrun by a team that was still playing on Thursday. We have to win against Dortmund. We were really weak in our own game presentation. It had gotten better in the last few weeks, this pairing of emotion and quality," he fumed. A lot of pressing by ourselves, a lot of walking by ourselves. Two second-half penalties from Exequiel Palacios were their downfall against Leverkusen on Sunday evening despite Joshua Kimmich giving [Bayern](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bayern-munich) the lead before the interval.

Referee Tobias Stieler had himself a day in Bayer Leverkusen's 2-1 victory over defending title holders Bayern Munich. He refereed the first half with a ...

[post-game podcast](https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/2023/3/20/23647609/bavarian-podcast-works-s5-e38-bayer-leverkusen-vs-bayern-munich-look-ahead-manchester-city-dortmund)! Listen below or [on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/53cWbLNpL7WojsOK7swhjH?go=1&sp_cid=6024ffdb8049fe8a53c9ca8ffb8eff99&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop)! We don’t need to talk about the referee, we have other problems to deal with,” Müller said grimly ( Adli gestured in exasperation at the referee each time, but was left with a wry smile and handshake after earning the just corrections. “VAR was a life-saver for me today. In the second half, he seemed determined to give Leverkusen winger Amine Adli a yellow card.

How did Bayern beat Barcelona and PSG yet struggle against Augsburg and Leverkusen? The answer might surprise you.

It would not be too surprising if this is the year that Bayern’s Bundesliga dominance comes to a halt, but the team ends up celebrating a different title win come the season’s end. As a result, Bayern fans were treated to some of the best football the team has played this season in the cup competitions, not to mention stellar results. The compounded failure in the cup competitions, plus the insurance of the ten consecutive league titles, somehow causes the team to focus less on the Bundesliga, hence the inconsistent form. It may sound like a cheap excuse, but again, the team is made of humans, not machines. In the Champions League, Bayern are among the favorites, yet in the Bundesliga, they are not top of the table anymore. But in the big three competitions, Bayern have not been that consistent, if not a bit unlucky. Even though winning the Bundesliga deserves just as much fanfare as winning any other major trophy, people are quick to criticize when the team ‘only’ wins the Bundesliga in a single season. Remember how Bayern nullified the best striker in the world against Barcelona only to slump to a defeat to lowly Augsburg? Since the glorious treble in 2020, the only major trophy that Bayern have won in the past three or so years is the Bundesliga. Not a single game of these 11 was unconvincing, with the only possible exceptions being the first half of the home win against Barcelona, and the nervy last half hour of the first leg against Paris Saint-Germain. In truth, the Bundesliga tells only half the story. The Rekordmeister are currently second in the Bundesliga table, having relinquished top spot to [Borussia Dortmund](https://www.fearthewall.com) following a painful 1-2 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayan Munich ta yi rashin nasara a hannun Bayern Leverkusen da ci 2-1 an karbe ragamar teburin Bundesliga a wajenta.

Bayan Munich ta yi rashin nasara a hannun Bayern Leverkusen da ci 2-1 an karbe ragamar teburin Bundesliga a wajenta. An karbe ragamar Bundesliga a hannun Bayern Munich Da wannan sakamakon Bayern ta koma ta biyu a teburin Bundesliga da tazarar maki daya tsakaninta da Borussia Dortmund, wadda ta koma ta daya.

SportsBrief.com News - Bayern Munich sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic is angry at the club's players following their underwhelming performance against ...

[Bayern Munich](https://sportsbrief.com/football/bayern-munich/) 2-1 to put a dent in the Bundesliga champions' defence, [Eurosport ](https://www.eurosport.com/football/bundesliga/2022-2023/bayer-leverkusen-v-bayern-munich-bundesliga-live_sto9513180/story.shtml#:~:text=weekend%27s%20results%2C%20the%20Bundesliga%20title%20race%20couldn%27t%20be%20set%20up)reports. “This is not what FC Bayern is all about. There was so little drive, mentality, duels.

Hasan Salihamidzic was left furious after Bayern Munich's shock dfeat against Bayer Leverkusen as he slammed the players for a poor show.

When she is lazy and thinks that she can do anything with the playful quality. And she's not as good when she's playing like she is today. This team is so good when they have a mentality from the start and go 100 percent.

The Bavarian giants took the lead through Joshua Kimmich, but two second-half penalties from Exequiel Palacios secured a memorable win for the home side.

Bayer Leverkusen played with aggression, composure and efficiency to beat Bayern, with Dortmund top going into the international break.

Thomas Letsch is doing better at Bochum though: the 54-year-old’s hearty ”kick and rush” style saw off an [RB Leipzig](https://theathletic.com/football/team/leipzig/) side fresh from their not-so-magnificent 7-0 defeat away to Manchester City in the Champions League last 16. Nagelsmann at first denied that the crossed wires contributed to the defeat and pointed at poor one-v-one stats in attack and defence instead. Not for the first time in this campaign, Bayern’s manager will have to use an international break to think things through. [Europa League](https://theathletic.com/football/europa-league/) trip to Hungary, where they won 2-0 against Ferencvaros and made it to the quarter-finals. [Manchester City](https://theathletic.com/football/team/manchester-city/) outcast continued to play deep, leaving fellow Etihad old boy Leroy Sane unsure of where to go. (This week, it published a couple of pages from his playbook for the game last month against Bochum.) More importantly, why were his team so insipid in a match the players themselves had called “a must-win” beforehand? The result was no pressure whatsoever on Leverkusen’s defence and a back line sitting far too deep. Blaming the players’ attitude, as many Bayern managers and officials have done over the decades, felt rather convenient after such a dishevelled performance. The visitors did get going a bit more towards the end of the game after a raft of substitutions but had no complaints about leaving empty-handed. [Borussia Dortmund](https://theathletic.com/football/team/dortmund/) are top of the table going into the March international break, but that was only one of many ‘Things you never thought you’d see’ on Sunday night’s bingo card. That drubbing was exemplary of Bayern’s ability to focus and raise their game, even amid plenty of dressing room doubts about the coach at the time, and conversely, of Dortmund’s chronic post-Jurgen Klopp flakiness. Alonso’s clever ploy of positioning Andrich between the centre-backs also worked a treat: Bayern’s woeful attempts at winning the ball high were unable to cut out Andrich’s line-breaking passes before the break.