April 20, (THEWILL) – Bayern Munich’s hopes of winning a treble are over, leaving the Bundesliga as the only title left to fight for.
After crashing out of the German Cup and the UEFA Champions League in 14 days, coach Thomas Tuchel and his players have no time to digest the painful loss to Manchester City. The reigning champions are in top spot on 59 points, two ahead of Borussia Dortmund with six games left, but they have gone through some turbulent weeks that saw them struggle to score goals.
“We are missing the coolness and that punch,” said midfielder Thomas Mueller. “We just don’t put the ball in but narrowly wide and when the ball sometimes is on target then the keeper saves it.” The Bavarians have won just one of their last five matches in all competitions, scoring a total of four goals with none of them coming from their strikers.
However, to keep their season alive and take some pressure off the club leadership, they need to start scoring again on Saturday at Mainz. Die Nullfünfer are no easy opponent, having gone nine games without defeat in the Bundesliga to climb to eighth and challenge for a European spot. Dortmund, on the other hand, will host Eintracht Frankfurt, who are without a league win since mid-February, in their bid to close the gap on Bayern.
With just six games remaining in the season, both teams cannot afford any slip-ups as the title race reaches its climax.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
