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Well played Franck! Bayern still have to move on, but massive respect for the Frenchman! Super happy for Rafinha I love him to death for everything he does for the club. Keep going Bayern! I'm optimistic that now that since we've gone through the rough patch so early, and though Kovac is still a doubt, hopefully the players come back fit and healthy and for once Bayern make a strong push in the second half of the season! Get back Coman, Gnabry, Thiago, bring in new weapons Lucas and Davies and Bayern can do something respectable in 2019!

Merry Christmas everyone!

America USA wrote:IMO That was the best Bayern performance under Kovac. We were solid defensively and lethal on counters. That’s how you beat tough opponents and that’s how we played in 2013.

Ribery MOTM for me. Thiago, MARTINEZ and Rafinha were outstanding too. Lewandowski was poor but did the dirty work well. Süle was a rock in central defense, has to be Bayern’s 1st choice CB.

Neuer, Boateng and Alaba were decent.

Special mention to Müller. I’ve criticized him a lot recently and even though he was not great in attack today, he ran his socks off and was excellent defensively.

Defense was hardly rock solid. Until the lucky first goal, which threw them off their balance, it felt like they would score any moment.

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We defended well. Yes Frankfurt were on top for the first 15-20 minutes but Neuer made a big save and Süle got in a vital block. And what you’re calling a lucky goal, I prefer to call it a sucker punch.

Seriously though how many times have you seen Real Madrid win in a very similar fashion in the Champs League? This has mostly been their bread and butter in the last three years. You don’t have to play beautiful always, sometimes you gotta be effective in other ways.

EDIT: Also France recently won a Word Cup playing ugly with last moment defending from Varane/Umtiti or big saves from Lloris saving them time and again.

America USA wrote:We defended well. Yes Frankfurt were on top for the first 15-20 minutes but Neuer made a big save and Süle got in a vital block. And what you’re calling a lucky goal, I prefer to call it a sucker punch.

Seriously though how many times have you seen Real Madrid win in a very similar fashion in the Champs League? This has mostly been their bread and butter in the last three years. You don’t have to play beautiful always, sometimes you gotta be effective in other ways.

EDIT: Also France recently won a Word Cup playing ugly with last moment defending from Varane/Umtiti or big saves from Lloris saving them time and again.

Are you seriously comparing winning the CL (and sucker punching the 2014-2016 Bayern) with Frankfurt? Of course you don't have to play beautiful and certainly won't dominate every team, but this is Frankfurt we're talking about. During Pep's time we would have completely steamrolled this mediocre team!

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Frankfurt have improved a lot since Pep left Germany. Frankfurt just won all games in a group comprising Lazio and Marseille. They are not the mediocre team that they used to be.

I am not comparing winning the CL to beating Frankfurt, I am comparing the styles and effectiveness in this performance and saying that this is how Real Madrid and France have won ECs and WC recently!

We need to move past the Pep era and just accept it that he’s not here and hopefully also move on from the possession/high-line ideology.

pyrasur wrote:Well played Franck! Bayern still have to move on, but massive respect for the Frenchman! Super happy for Rafinha I love him to death for everything he does for the club. Keep going Bayern! I'm optimistic that now that since we've gone through the rough patch so early, and though Kovac is still a doubt, hopefully the players come back fit and healthy and for once Bayern make a strong push in the second half of the season! Get back Coman, Gnabry, Thiago, bring in new weapons Lucas and Davies and Bayern can do something respectable in 2019!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Also Tolisso will be like a new signing

PunkCapitalist wrote:

America USA wrote:We defended well. Yes Frankfurt were on top for the first 15-20 minutes but Neuer made a big save and Süle got in a vital block. And what you’re calling a lucky goal, I prefer to call it a sucker punch.

Seriously though how many times have you seen Real Madrid win in a very similar fashion in the Champs League? This has mostly been their bread and butter in the last three years. You don’t have to play beautiful always, sometimes you gotta be effective in other ways.

EDIT: Also France recently won a Word Cup playing ugly with last moment defending from Varane/Umtiti or big saves from Lloris saving them time and again.

Are you seriously comparing winning the CL (and sucker punching the 2014-2016 Bayern) with Frankfurt? Of course you don't have to play beautiful and certainly won't dominate every team, but this is Frankfurt we're talking about. During Pep's time we would have completely steamrolled this mediocre team!

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Frankfurt - Bayern 2015: 0-0
Frankfurt - Bayern 2016: 2-2

Only in 2014 did we 'steamroll' them....so saying they were an easy away opponent in the Pep days is just plain wrong.

Also how no one mentioned the one sided ref ?

A clear penalty in the first half...
A lot of savage fouls which went unnoticed

ramsej84 wrote:Also how no one mentioned the one sided ref ?

A clear penalty in the first half...
A lot of savage fouls which went unnoticed

What clear penalty?

MUTU wrote:

ramsej84 wrote:Also how no one mentioned the one sided ref ?

A clear penalty in the first half...
A lot of savage fouls which went unnoticed

What clear penalty?

The hands ball on that Thiago's pass...
The Ref told him that there was a small distance

ramsej84 wrote:

MUTU wrote:

ramsej84 wrote:Also how no one mentioned the one sided ref ?

A clear penalty in the first half...
A lot of savage fouls which went unnoticed

What clear penalty?

The hands ball on that Thiago's pass...
The Ref told him that there was a small distance

I agree with the ref this time.

MUTU wrote:

ramsej84 wrote:

MUTU wrote:[quote="ramsej84"]Also how no one mentioned the one sided ref ?

A clear penalty in the first half...
A lot of savage fouls which went unnoticed

What clear penalty?

The hands ball on that Thiago's pass...
The Ref told him that there was a small distance

I agree with the ref this time.[/quote]#12 hacked Mutu....

What???

The defender clearly moved his arm and stopped the ball

MUTU wrote:

FCBayernMunchen wrote:

IsiahRashad wrote:[quote="FCBayernMunchen"]Maybe he DOES deserve that extension

Don't make jokes like that man !

Hey if he keeps scoring every game I really do want him extended.

If he assists the winner in the CL final (for Bayern <-- this is intended for #12 ) we should extend him for 5 more years [/quote]

Like we would play the CL final

ramsej84 wrote:

MUTU wrote:

ramsej84 wrote:[quote="MUTU"][quote="ramsej84"]Also how no one mentioned the one sided ref ?

A clear penalty in the first half...
A lot of savage fouls which went unnoticed

What clear penalty?

The hands ball on that Thiago's pass...
The Ref told him that there was a small distance

I agree with the ref this time.[/quote]#12 hacked Mutu....

What???

The defender clearly moved his arm and stopped the ball[/quote]

Actually... MUTU and I were talking yesterday and he will confirm this: I said it was a pen fir me... Debatable though as many handballs these days - rule needs to be revised...