"As sporting CEO Max Eberl said after the game, everyone associated with the club would have accepted a nine-point lead at the top had it been offered to them at the outset. That is correct. The Rekordmeister in its current guise wears the look of a side too strong for its competitors, and Vincent Kompany has gone from the coach they took a calculated gamble on, to the man with a plan who fits the club in every imaginable way."
"When the precocious Lennart Karl bagged Bayern's 50th league goal of the season on Sunday, it made Bayern the fastest team ever to hit that milestone in the Bundesliga. Would anyone bet against them smashing the record of 101 goals set by Gerd Müller & Co. back in 1971-72? Karl, at 17, recently became the youngest player ever to score in three successive UEFA Champions League matches, and he's far from the only plus point Bayern can derive from the first four months of the season."
Bayern Munich reclaimed a commanding position in 2025, reversing Bayer Leverkusen's surprise in 2024 and restoring familiar supremacy. A 2-2 draw with struggling Mainz was a minor annoyance rather than a derailment of title or trophy ambitions. Sporting CEO Max Eberl emphasized that a nine-point lead would have been acceptable at the season's start. Vincent Kompany has transitioned from a calculated gamble to a coach whose methods align with the club's identity. Seventeen-year-old Lennart Karl accelerated Bayern's scoring, becoming the fastest to 50 league goals for the club and the youngest to score in three successive Champions League matches. Several players, notably Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano and Serge Gnabry, have improved their standing, with Laimer establishing himself as a regular right back.
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