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Andy Brassell

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14 days ago

Dortmund banish some of their 2023 ghosts while Leipzig and Freiburg create their own | Andy Brassell

Niko Kovac oversaw a remarkable comeback but there is plenty of work to be done for BVB to challenge Bayern again

The last time Borussia Dortmund had enjoyed an end-of-season run-in as successful as t…

21 days ago

Xabi Alonso basks in hero’s sendoff but Dortmund ruin Leverkusen party | Andy Brassell

Both sets of fans thanked Spaniard for breaking Bayern’s hegemony – then Dortmund found a ‘killer instinct’

It was the last two and a half years in a nutshell; deliciously inventive, daringly late and…

28 days ago

Bayern Munich v Leverkusen has been a great rivalry. But is it over? | Andy Brassell

Clubs’ tussle for supremacy in Germany may be at its end as the futures of Alonso and Wirtz remain uncertain

Early on Sunday evening Bayern Munich’s players arrived a few at a time in a swish restaura…

42 days ago

Union and Stuttgart defy xG and low expectations in joyous Berlin thriller | Andy Brassell

Few expected this Köpenick clash to deliver many thrills, but the two clubs served up eight first-half goals

It was not the game, at the start of the weekend, that leapt from the fixtures page as a hi…

49 days ago

Der Klassiker lacked do-or-die drama but Bayern will feel the consequences | Andy Brassell

The 2-2 draw in Munich on Saturday did not alter the title race but will have repercussions for both sides

The words left Joshua Kimmich’s lips at around 9pm on Saturday in the lower corridors of the …

84 days ago

Farcical failures for Bundesliga big boys underline European pressures | Andy Brassell

Bayern Munich were shocked at home by Bochum, but they still strengthened their hand after Leverkusen lost again

After all the big moments, the daring comebacks, the thrilling crescendos, it felt like…

2 months ago

Alexander Nübel lives out a nightmare in his latest Bayern Munich audition | Andy Brassell

Thanks to a goalkeeper they own, Bayern’s anniversary celebrations were able to be marked by a victory

Last Thursday FC Bayern celebrated 125 years of existence. When the team travelled to Stuttgart f…

3 months ago

Leverkusen glitter but muted Bayern grind to get exactly what they need | Andy Brassell

Since Bundesliga statistics have been recorded, never have a Bayern Munich team been so restrained. Yet it paid off

“We played almost perfectly,” reflected Xabi Alonso with, as per usual, not so much …

Dortmund’s season is spiralling out of control after own goals on and off pitch | Andy Brassell

Niko Kovac faces a tough task after BVB’s Waldemar Anton and Serhou Guirassy aided their former club Stuttgart

It had to be him. Waldemar Anton can’t have relished changing ends at half-time on Saturd…

4 months ago

Goretzka grabs chance to remind Bayern what he – and they – used to be | Andy Brassell

Midfielder starred for leaders but his future lies away from club that plays in different style to when he was in his pomp

There were times in the past when it seemed like he would do this forever; th…

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