Why Bayern Munich might finally lose the Bundesliga

Bayern Munich have won 11 straight Bundesliga titles and have dominated German football for a generation. But this season, that all might change. This season an entirely different team are leading the way in Germany.

Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen. How has this happened? Could they hold on to their lead?

Written by Seb Stafford-Bloor. Illustrated by Marco Bevilacqua.

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[ibrahimchowdhury]

What Xabi Alonso has been able to achieve with this Leverkeusen side is nothing short of incredible.

[Too_m]

Scenes when Harry Kane doesn't win the bundesliga title 😭

[LUFC]

Its 19 games in and Bayern are 2 points behind, never known a season to be finished after 19 games

[Avalon_]

There's something about a central midfielder that makes them decent coaches: Guardiola, Arteta, Alonso, even Arsene Wenger was a midfielder.

[timmyfung]

to be fair to Kane, Bayern is slipping up in recent years.
Bayern got lucky last season when Dortmund flopped at the last game giving the title to Bayern.
and let's be honest, no one outside of Germany really watch the Bundesliga because it is so one sided.

[keithlubin]

Kane is like Dan Marino. It might never happen

[sebasmana]

Everyone acting like this is Kane’s retiring year. My guy just turned 30 lmao he still has at least 2-3 years more at the club where he can win more silverware. Same cannot be said about Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso will either move to Madrid/Liverpool (if Klopp leaves)/Bayern (if Tuchel leaves)

[ali-kun]

we need to discuss about harry kane and how he cursed bayern if they go trophyless this season

[RespecterAlexander]

Don’t underestimate Neverkusen’s ability to give up trophies

[dazzaMusic]

Alonso has also made Frimpong into arguably the best right back in the world football right now

[RandomPerson_frfr]

I think it has something to do with Miller's age💀

[jsephtes]

You can take the player out of Spurs, but you can't take Spurs out of the player 😭

[lvlup]

Kane is cursed...
Kane is Real life Guts.. fighting against his destiny..

[SonglyWryt.Bon-Burr]

Its not harrys fault. Its because the germans themselves are going through reinvention. The senior players that made them who they were are gone.

[Kalernor]

Having Harry Kane as the thumbnail for this video is just cruel 😂

[Harvey_Mod]

As much as I want Kane to get a trophy, I am hyped for an underdog win

[nogi]

Teams have come close to winning Bundesliga, but in the end, Bayern always wins. Don't think it'll be different this year

[MikeCornwall]

And with Spurs looking as good as they do now, there’s a genuine possibility of them winning the FA Cup this season 💀

[barthomme]

they got kane the jinx, the nearly man. that’s the reason.

[lifesahellofaride]

dont forget they have the best kit this year