Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen are the clear frontrunners in the Bundesliga title race after both teams secured impressive victories.
The celebrations were not what they might have been. Bayern Munich had planned a Christmas display after the Friday night game with RB Leipzig, the full stop to their calendar year, which was swiftly cancelled after news filtered through of the, as the club’s CEO, Jan-Christian Dreesen, explained on the pitch at full time. While the mood was understandably dampened, Bayern had said what they wanted to on the field, just as Bayer Leverkusen did later on Saturday.
In case you were in any doubt, there are just two to watch in the title race in the second half of the Bundesliga campaign. The team of 2024, and the team that is determined to make 2025 theirs. A 5-1 statement by the leaders answered in kind less than 24 hours later by the champions. Leverkusen needed their equally resounding win over Freiburg to keep pace with Bayern after their demolition of RB Leipzig. They also needed it to cut away the rest of the pack, to clarify the title race to come. Never mind the four points by which Leverkusen trail Bayern. It is the five that separate the second-placedfrom Eintracht Frankfurt in third, after the latter’s surprise home defeat to Mainz (last week’s conquerors of Bayern), which mean that the table has been adjusted to more reflect reality going into theEven Red Bull’s chief, Oliver Mintzlaff, while admitting his club – and coach, Marco Rose – were subject to “the football laws” of pressure of results in a Sunday interview with Bild Sport, seemed to edge more towards an acceptance of where the current power lies than in the direction of the ruthlessness Leipzig are often known for. “We have no question marks over Marco,” he insisted, “not even for the second half of the season.” The club are clearly disappointed in their, but there is understanding of the current injury situation, and recognition of recent improvement after a really rocky spell that had seemed to push Rose to the brink. That improvement, however, was never likely to continue at the Allianz Aren
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