Bayern set sights on Arsenal

AFP,  BERLIN: Bayern Munich turn their focus on Arsenal and the Champions League on Wednesday having effectively ended the title-race in the Bundesliga with a fifth straight-crown now theirs to lose.
With a third of the German league season still to play, Bayern hold a commanding seven-point lead as all their main rivals lost at the weekend.
Their nearest challenger, RB Leipzig, kept Bayern off top spot for three weeks late last year after a flying start to their first Bundesliga season.
But when the sides met in Munich last December, Bayern floored Red Bull-backed Leipzig with all goals coming in a commanding first-half display in a 3-0 win.
Second-placed RB are seven points short of Bayern, but in the chasing pack Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim are at least 15 points adrift of Munich.
On Saturday, their rivals' defeats played into Bayern's hands.“Curtains closed in the Bundesliga," commented Munich-based newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

 

Bayern set sights on Arsenal

AFP, BERLIN: Bayern Munich turn their focus on Arsenal and the Champions League on Wednesday having effectively ended the title-race in the Bundesliga with a fifth straight-crown now theirs to lose. With a third of the German league season still to play, Bayern hold a commanding seven-point lead as all their main rivals lost at the weekend. Their nearest challenger, RB Leipzig, kept Bayern off top spot for three weeks late last year after a flying start to their first Bundesliga season. But when the sides met in Munich last December, Bayern floored Red Bull-backed Leipzig with all goals coming in a commanding first-half display in a 3-0 win. Second-placed RB are seven points short of Bayern, but in the chasing pack Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim are at least 15 points adrift of Munich. On Saturday, their rivals defeats played into Bayerns hands.Curtains closed in the Bundesliga, commented Munich-based newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung.