Bayern Munich dropped points early in the Bundesliga as Schalke 04 held off the record champions for a 0-0 draw. Vincent Kompany’s bulldozing run of the league where his team have dominated the pole position for 67 consecutive matchdays has come to an end.
The Bavarians are currently at 4th position behind SC Freiburg, Der Klassiker rivals Borussia Dortmund and newly promoted SV Elversberg coming from Saarland, Germany.
Miron Muslić set up the home side to cut the passing lanes and force Bayern to contest
for the ball every time they entered Schalke’s third of the pitch. 18 interceptions by Muslić‘s men were the result of intelligent movement by the Royal Blues in anticipation of a Bavarian pass.
Schalke also showed that to trouble Bayern, you don’t have to better than them. You just need to be good at rushing them and forcing a duel and a decision at the same time. Bayern’s wastefulness in front of goal along with some poor luck saw all six big chances missed as the Veltins-Arena saw their side finally draw a point against Die Roten after none years.
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A humble apology for the folks who believe we jinxed the record after we wrote about the record last time. If there was one team who I did not see bothering the record, it was Schalke against whom Bayern have a fantastic win ratio. But, here we are.
Anyway, it has been sometime since Bayern was hunting for the pole position and this opening should incentivize the other teams to keep the Bavarians from becoming the leaders of the pack again.
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