![]() Whilst on paper this may sound good, not having a dependable goalscorer is more likely to mean difficult close games that require a clinical edge.īayern's season has eliminated this fact as they are out of the domestic cup, seemingly out of the Champions League and in the closest Bundesliga fight for many years. This points to a relatively clear picture, Bayern have been forced to spread goals more throughout the team due to a lack of reliance on a traditional goalscorer. ![]() Whereas Bayern have 119 goals season so far: The Polish striker scored 344 goals across 375 Bayern Munich games, scoring 50 in 46 during his final season in Germany, before moving to Barcelona.Īt the end of last season Bayern scored a total of 143 goals across all competitions, with the top 5 scorers after Lewandowski being: Guardiola 17 - 6 Tuchel (aggregate goals).However, the Spaniard won the last two games in England 1-0, with Gabriel Jesus and Kevin De Bruyne scoring, setting the tone for the most recent meeting in the first leg of this tie, ending 3-0 to Manchester City. Tuchel faced Guardiola five times during his time at Chelsea, winning his first three encounters (1-0, 2-1 and) most notably 1-0 in the Champions League final with Kai Havertz's scored. However, he was not much more successful against Guardiola there drawing once (0-0) and losing twice (5-1 in the league) and on a penalty shootout in the DFB-Pokal final. This form lead to Tuchel stepping to Borussia Dortmund. The first two fixtures occurred while Tuchel was managing Mainz, ending in 4-1 and 2-0 wins for Guardiola's Bayern, guiding his side to a 7th place finish in his final season with the club. Thomas Tuchel has faced Pep Guardiola on 11 occasions during his managerial career, spread across four of the German's club. The new coach’s inability to produce an immediate bounce, the 4-2 debut win over Dortmund aside, has shifted the public discourse in Bavaria away from him and towards the club’s leadership duo. As a club, Bayern are unable to simply accept an absence of short-term success. But in the meantime, poor performances such as the 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim on Saturday make waiting for the big upswing a very uncomfortable exercise. There’s a strong belief that things will get better before too long. The board will, understandably, plead for patience until replacement Thomas Tuchel has had a chance to make a couple of changes to the squad and gets a full pre-season to whip the team into shape. ![]() It’s a question that will unnerve executive chairman Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic in weeks to come, even if Bayern win the Bundesliga for the 11th year running. Out of the DFB Pokal, out of Europe and just narrowly ahead of Borussia Dortmund in a title race defined by the two sides’ weaknesses: couldn’t they have done just as well - or, rather, badly - with Julian Nagelsmann still in charge? ![]()
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