Bayern are playing like a team that has nothing to gain from this. Not that it’s surprising

Haaland who is his main rival according to the media and 2 years younger than him, left Norway, played in Austria, joined Dortmund, then joined Man City and finally won a treble, finishing 2nd in the Ballon d’Or. All that in a matter of 4 years.

Haaland joined a better team and yet, looking at stats, he’s not as good overall as Mbappé. He’s slightly better in terms of shooting and goalscoring but nowhere near Mbappé in terms of passing, dribbling and playmaking.

If you wanna do this, at least look at more stats and context.

Gotta kill the good vibes around the club somehow

They do but they’re not “greatest Buli team of all time” solid like their current form.

That’s how Real Madrid won most of their CL titles. They rarely dominated games. It was basically bend dont break and relied heavily on individual brilliance.

No depth, injuries and yet, Bayern are improving and cruising in the league. I think it’s a matter of time until Leverkusen come back to earth.

Not the best but that was a comfortable 1-0 win. They were in control the entire time.

Hopefully, he rotates everyone and plays the B team in the CL. Bayern has 2 meaningless games til the holidays to rest Kim and others.

Why are Köln so aggressive and high up the pitch? They’re leaking chances like crazy. They’re lucky Bayern aren’t up 3-0.

We’ll see where they stand in February post-AFCON.

Our defense has been better than theirs too I’ll say

That’s fine but I don’t know you can make a legit argument for it.

Shots conceded/90:

Bayern : 8.64

Leverkusen: 9.82

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Shots on target conceded/90:

Bayern: 2.09

Leverkusen: 4.00

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xG Against:

Bayern: 8.90

Leverkusen: 11.3

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Better in what way?

Everybody talking about Xabi Alonso but not the architect of this team. If you’re a big club in need of a sporting director, you should go after Simon Rolfes.

Just like anything, context matters but you don’t get the whole picture without stats either. The socalled eye test is also flawed because people have biases and don’t look at games/players the same way.

Stats are a useful tool to challenge our own biases.

Honestly, I would’ve been happy with 25-30 goals and 10 assists in all comps for a first season. I knew he was elite and he’s still exceeding expectations.

Sane went straight down the tunnel so something’s right. Hope it’s nothing serious.

ManUTD never disappoint

Bayern are lacking offensively but they’re bossing this game. Galatasaray haven’t done anything at all

At least, Musiala won’t travel with the national team.

Honestly, good performance by Union to snap the losing streak. I hope they can get back on track in the league. It’d suck if they got relegated.

Bayern has been such a 2nd half team this season. In most games, they look like shit only to turn it on in the 2nd half and win comfortably in the end.

Dortmund away with Laimer as a sole midfielder will be interesting.

It’s meaningless in the sense that its voting system isnt serious and making it a popularity contest. It has no real merit.

It’s meaningful to players because it has a lot of exposure and is good for their brand.