No need to panic, however. The Bavarians maintain an eight-point advantage over Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga. Nevertheless, the Kompany gang would have liked to keep this patent of invincibility which they were the only ones to still present within the five major European championships.
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AC Milan (1 defeat), PSG (2), Arsenal (2), Real Madrid (2) or FC Barcelona (3) have all already fallen earlier this season. On the other hand, there remain four undefeated clubs if we expand to all of the fifteen best top divisions in Europe. Including two in Portugal: Benfica and FC Porto. Slavia Prague (Czech Republic) and Domenico Tedesco’s Fenerbahçe (Türkiye) are the other two.
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There remains one category in which Bayern Munich still excel: offensive efficiency. No team in Europe rivals the 72 goals scored and the enormous goal average (+56) of Kompany’s team, which will still want to react on Wednesday in the Champions League against PSV… the club which has the second best attack on the continent (61 goals in the Eredivisie). “What matters is not our words here, but our reaction on the ground. It’s not a guarantee, but we know what we have to do.” was motivated by Kompany who aims to keep second place in the C1 standings, behind Arsenal.
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