With the fourth early 0-1 in a row, an unpleasant and extremely risky pattern is emerging from Bayern’s perspective. It is an extremely dangerous trend for the record champions. After all, as was already observed in London and Berlin, you can by no means rely on the fact that you will still be able to play the games and even win in the end.
When asked by t-online whether he and Bayern were worried about this negative trend, President Herbert Hainer responded surprisingly briskly and said with a laugh: “Quite the opposite. I think if we lead again from the beginning in the future, it will be even easier.” At the same time, Hainer warned: “But in the future we have to be there from the first minute.”
It was a “tough game,” “we had to fight for a long time,” admitted the 71-year-old, “but on the other hand, it shows the morale of the team that they believe in themselves and then turn the game around at the end.” Hainer said he can still remember the past seasons. “We stopped playing and didn’t win games like that anymore.”
Sports director Christoph Freund has also noticed the negative trend in recent games. It was the case in “some games” that we fell behind, said Freund. “Of course it will be a little more difficult then, but there will be games again where we take the lead. Then it will be a little easier,” said Freund. “But I love victories like that too.”
With the three points against St. Pauli, Bayern increased their lead in the Bundesliga table to eight points over their closest rival RB Leipzig, which had made a 0-0 draw in Gladbach on Friday. Bayern are still clearly on course for the title in the championship. And, if Captain Manuel Neuer has his way, not just there.
“We had a bit of a downer now with the draw and the defeat in Arsenal,” admitted Neuer. “But basically things are going well in our team and we believe in success in the season. We’re trying to achieve everything.” To do this, Bayern should stop their negative trend with the early goals conceded as quickly as possible. Otherwise it could cost them their first title at Union Berlin on Wednesday.