When Jupp Heynckes agreed to retake the position of head coach at Bayern Munich for the remainder of the season, it seemed impossible he could enhance his reputation. Just over three weeks later – five games, five wins, and only one goal (a penalty) conceded – and
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All is far happier in the house of Bayern, certainly, with
Drazen Petrovic Jersey Saturday’s 2-0 win over Leipzig taking the champions back to the top of the table, in combination with Dortmund’s loss at Hannover, before Der Klassiker at Westfalen next weekend. Bayern travel with a three-point lead, having trailed by five when Heynckes retook the reins.
That last point, really, is the only one from which there might be a small sense of, not exactly doubt, but a lack of fulfilment from the events of the last few weeks. That Bayern have improved significantly is clear; he has, as Franck Ribéry told Monday’s Kicker, “breathed new life into the team, and he welds us together”. It’s just that, with their rivals spluttering, we are struggling to judge by exactly how much.
Saturday’s match was a case in point. It should have been the first of successive Bundesliga games to really test Bayern for the first time in a long time. It had been set up perfectly. When Leipzig and Bayern had met in
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That was only the half of it, though. Leipzig were furious with the referee Felix Zwayer for changing his mind after initially awarding them a first-half penalty for Arturo Vidal’s challenge on Emil Forsberg (who went on to score a later spot kick), to the extent that the sporting director Ralf Rangnick charged on the field at half-time armed with his own visual evidence on his phone, with no VAR in the Pokal. After the ensuing scuffle, even the sanguine Heynckes had his two cents. “After the games you lose,” he said, “you have to analyse what didn’t do well, which is
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The level of needle, as well as the intensity of the game itself, piqued the anticipation for Saturday’s reunion, which is what made it such a disappointment that it was “done after 13 minutes”, as Hasenhüttl put it. That was when, after VAR review, Leipzig’s captain Willi Orban was sent off for deliberately denying a goalscoring opportunity in fouling Arjen Robben. The call was probably right, though the fact it was Leipzig’s third red card in four games against Bayern obviously nagged at the visitors.
It also killed the game, however bravely Leipzig fought on. When the opening goalscorer James Rodríguez – who was excellent throughout – said afterwards that the result “was never in doubt after we took the lead”, he wasn’t blustering. That’s not his style. It was just clear to all in the stands and on the pitch which way the wind was blowing.
It was a real shame, too, with Leipzig arriving full of confidence and seemingly well-tooled to properly examine Heynckes’ side. Instead, Hasenhüttl was forced to bring off Timo Werner and introduce the defender Ibrahima Konaté, giving the visitors a teenage central pair with which to keep out Bayern.
There were plenty of moments in which Bayern thrived – notably the second goal, expertly finished by Robert Lewandowski (who withdrew injured shortly afterwards, and misses the Champions League trip to Celtic) but created by an excellent Javi Martínez pass, with the Spaniard returned to midfield by the coach who lobbied hard for his signing in the first place. Rodríguez, making a first home Bundesliga start, was highly influential too, allaying fears he could be harmed by Carlo Ancelotti’s exit. The Colombian has been put at ease, he admits, by Heynckes’ fluency in Spanish.
It was just the feeling of what might have been. With Dortmund’s early-season fettle slipping further away, neutrals must fear feeling déjà vu at this time next week.
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