Sunday, November 20, 2016

Bayern looks unusually vulnerable as it slips from 1st place (The Associated Press)

Bayern's Thomas Mueller reacts after losing the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. Dortmund defeated Bayern with 1-0. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Carlo Ancelotti's team fell to its first defeat of the season by going down 1-0 at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and dropped three points behind undefeated Leipzig, the promoted team that has won six straight. Bayern has won only two of its last six matches and the German powerhouse seems to have lost some of its mental sharpness and lethal finishing. Worse still for Bayern, opponents are no longer waving the white flag as they run onto the pitch.


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