Bayern Munich

Bayern are in second place in the Bundesliga, a point behind Borussia Dortmund, and there are concerns that they may not be able to retain the title.

Nagelsmann was left hugely frustrated by the situation, saying: 'It bothers me a lot. 'What is the person who transmits this looking for? It had gotten better in the last few weeks, this pairing of emotion and quality. When she is lazy and thinks that she can do anything with the playful quality. [Although Bayern took the lead through Joshua Kimmich, two penalties in the second half from Exequiel Palacios condemned them to defeat.](/sport/football/article-11878601/Bayer-Leverkusen-2-1-Bayern-Munich-Exequiel-Palacios-scores-twice-spot-comeback-win.html) He said: 'Except for the last ten minutes, we were the worse team.

Bayern Munichs hopes of winning their eleventh successive Bundesliga title have been dealt a blow after a disappointing 2-1 defeat away at Bayer Leverkusen ...

Bayern's next game after the international break is a crucial one as they host title rivals Borussia Dortmund on April 1. Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic was also disappointed with the team's performance, and said, "That wasn't what Bayern Munich means. "There was little power on the field, we didn't play well.

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 Bundesliga fluctuations in Munich this season are so frequent and so wild that it cannot help but invite scrutiny.

But this cycle of action and reaction is not just familiar Bayern narrative; it is familiar Bayern narrative that predates Nagelsmann. This is clear and it would be surprising to few if Bayern came out all guns blazing to face Dortmund and if they found the fire to dismantle their opponents. They were the better team and not just that, they had controlled the key moments of the game better. The goals conceded may have been a curio in the wider world but they spoke of a team just not switched on. His team will begin April with more games to shape the remainder of their campaign than they normally would at this stage, a legacy of the aforementioned break for the tournament in Qatar, but they will also make their way onto that road in an unfamiliar position of second place. I’ve seldom experienced that.” That Musiala, their main source of the sublime this season, was reported on Monday morning to have withdrawn from the Germany squad with a tear in his thigh muscle is another unwelcome surprise before a post-international window programme which immediately includes a Klassiker with new leaders Borussia Dortmund and the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester City.

Daily Schmankerl: The aftermath of Bayern Munich vs. Bayer Leverkusen; Liverpool preparing offer for Ryan Gravenberch?; Real Madrid targeting Tottenham ...

[Bayern Munich](https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com) will face [Manchester City](https://bitterandblue.sbnation.com) in the [Champions League](https://www.sbnation.com/champions-league) quarterfinals. [@SkySportDE] [pic.twitter.com/rWnJSoJuUg] [March 16, 2023] [LFC wants €80M for Salah (Fichajes via ](https://www.90min.com/posts/football-transfer-rumours-liverpool-salah-price-messi-huge-saudi-arabia-offer-16-3-23) [90Min.com](http://90Min.com) [)](https://www.90min.com/posts/football-transfer-rumours-liverpool-salah-price-messi-huge-saudi-arabia-offer-16-3-23) Been told the club tendency’s is not to use the option to buy. I think Wirtz is outstanding, but I think he was pressing against Bayern Munich (for obvious reasons) and took himself out of the match. [Juventus](https://www.blackwhitereadallover.com) — where he did not impress. A meeting with the winner of [Real Madrid](https://www.managingmadrid.com) vs. [Chelsea FC](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com). This is not harbinger of things to come, but a stark reminder that every season is filled with ups and downs. It is hard to get any consistency going in the final third with that kind of sloppiness. - It was a rare, terrible day for the backline. Burn the game film on this one and forget it ever happened. Let’s take a look at some quick hitters on the match:

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.

Bayern Munich had a confidential and detailed match plan that was given to the players leaked to the German media, despite Julian Nagelsmann sacking a ...

[Champions League](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/champions-league). "The person who transmits this harms each of the players, he is not the objective. "I was told by the club officials. "That blow hit me extremely hard," he told The Athletic. They will face [Manchester City](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/manchester-city-fc) in the next round of the Champions League next month after knocking out Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 on aggregate. "I try to find out what the reason is. [hit out at the club over the decision](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/manuel-neuer-bayern-munich-future-29132173). He added: "I felt like my heart was being ripped out. [Bayern](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bayern-munich) have proven to be a leaky ship this season, with confidential information often finding its way into the public domain. For me, it is always important to be able to look in the mirror at night, to treat my players and my fellow coaches well," he said. But that sacking has not stopped the problem, with Bild getting hold of and publishing a detailed game plan which was given to the players by Naglesmann. [Julian Nagelsmann](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/julian-nagelsmann) has launched an angry tirade against the “mole” who is leaking secret information to the media.

JULIAN NAGELSMANN has admitted to Bayern Munich having a dressing room "mole" leaking tactics.The Bayern boss was left furious when a detailed game pl.

[Manchester City](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196654/manchester-city/) in the quarter-finals. Nagelsmann continued: "I try to find out what the reason is. [Paris Saint-Germain](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1250213/paris-saint-germain/) 3-0 on aggregate in the round of 16. Their search is very, very difficult." [Borussia Dortmund](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1250149/borussia-dortmund/), albeit with a game in hand. [BETTING SPECIAL - BEST FOOTBALL BETTING SITES IN THE UK](https://www.thesun.co.uk/betting/20574123/best-football-betting-sites/)

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.

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.

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.