Ten titles in succession but Bayern are wracked by uncertainty | Andy Brassell


With Robert Lewandowski eyeing the exit and the pain of Villarreal still smarting, the title celebrations were muted

It had all the hallmarks of a title celebration. The freshly-minted commemorative T-shirts, the streams of flying beer, the full stadium (for the first time in an Allianz Arena edition of this fixture for two-and-a-half years), beating opponents of name to finish the job and the rest.

This was historic, as Bayern Munich secured a 10th successive Bundesliga title. Yet it felt strangely empty, a sensation that couldn’t wholly be put down either to the recent dumping out of the Champions League or just plain old overfamiliarity.

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