With two teams in blood form facing each other, a cracker is scheduled for Tuesday in the Bundesliga. League-leader Bayern Munich will visit the close pursuer Borussia Dortmund.
“We are marching, but Borussia Dortmund is also marching. I am already looking forward to Tuesday’s game,” said Thomas Müller on Saturday after Bayern’s 5-2 win at Eintracht Frankfurt. Kicker.
With 28 points from ten matches, Bayern is unstoppable in the Bundesliga after the winter break. With 27 out of ten, Borussia hardly does less. Seven games before the end, Bayern has a four-point lead.
Müller hopes to take a decisive step towards the championship with his team next week. “We intend to book three victories this week.” In the weekend after the topper, Bayern plays at home against Fortuna Düsseldorf.
The thirty-year-old Müller was one of Bayern’s star players against Frankfurt on Saturday. He gave the assist the 1-0 and made the 2-0 himself.
The attacking midfielder was already involved in 24 hits this season (seven goals, seventeen assists). Bayern has already scored eighty times, the highest number of hits ever after 27 Bundesliga matches.
“But I am especially pleased with the intensity with which we played,” said Müller after the first home game in the Allianz Arena without an audience. “We have reached a high level.”
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Müller signs for the 2-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt in the empty Allianz Arena. (Photo: Pro Shots)
“Ever since I played at Borussia, we always beat Bayern at home”
Dortmund also looked ahead to Tuesday’s top match on Saturday. The team won 0-2 visiting VfL Wolfsburg.
“We are also in a defensive position now and give away almost nothing,” said defender Manuel Akanji on his club’s website. “In the last six league matches, we only collected one hit.”
The Swiss defender is in his third season in Dortmund and hopes for his first championship in Germany. “I think we can also beat Bayern. Since I played at Borussia, we have always won from them at home and lost out to them. Let’s continue that series now.”
Borussia against Bayern starts on Tuesday at 6:30 PM.
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Dortmund defender Manuel Akanji duels with Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst. (Photo: Pro Shots)
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