There are still quite a lot of matches left this season and the competition for the title is not over yet, but Bayern is a strong team that has not been able to maintain its consistency this season, that is a job that has not been completed by Thomas Tuchel because if you look at the quality, this team is quite strong in all areas but mistakes are often made. happens when they play against lower level teams when they are unable to maintain consistent performance and they will lose points, which is quite detrimental.
And on the other hand, Leverkusen is getting stronger at the moment and they are still able to maintain their consistency since the start of the season. The dramatic victory against Leipzig certainly made the Leverkusen team even more confident.
Bayern Munich only suffered a few defeats in the Bundesliga and that did not make them lose their chance to compete to become champions. The defeat against Werder Bremen was unexpected because Bayern Munich actually played much more dominantly. However, as previously discussed, Bayern Munich's weakness in that match was that the final finishing could not be exploited properly, resulting in several wasted opportunities.
Leverkusen have shown good competition in the Bundesliga and they have shown the ability to compete to break Bayern Munich's dominance. But there are still many games left in the season and Leverkusen must not let their guard down if they want to stay on track to compete for the title.
Werder Bremen were really lucky to be able to steal 3 points from Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. I was surprised by the defeat, but basically Bayern Munich tried hard throughout the match. No goals were created from many opportunities, a sign that they had to accept a bitter defeat from a weaker team.
There are times when a team that dominates a match loses to a non-dominant team like Werder Bremen, but something like this rarely happens again in subsequent matches. Today, Bayern Munich must make up for their mistakes in the previous match, meaning that Bayern Munich must win the match against Union Berlin. Bayern Munich are ahead of the odds and all the odds are in their favor, but they must avoid the same mistakes as against Werder Bremen.
I think in the last few seasons, Leverkusen has been quite a difficult competitor for Bayern in the race for the Bundesliga title and the percentage of Bayern failing to defend the title is quite large this season compared to previous seasons.
Only this season has Leverkusen shown competition with Bayern Munich in particular and previously they were a mid-table team that had a very difficult time competing in the Bundesliga. After Xabi Alonso became coach he began to show big changes and gave positive results for the club.
Yes, this is the first season for Leverkusen to be the most serious title challenger in 10 seasons. Xabi Alonso is fully responsible for his team's extraordinary performance this season, but don't be careless, the season is still long and things are still very likely to change.