FC Bayern München

The message? The odd rules are out the window and anything can go. “Bayern Munich will now be giving big money away,” Falk wrote, in a pointed departure to what had been longstanding but unwritten policy of not exceeding €100m on a single transfer.

According to Sky Sport journalist Florian Plettenberg (via @iMiaSanMia), the management is now pointing fingers at Thomas Tuchel – who has only been in charge for just over three weeks – for failing to deliver expected outcomes. Tuchel’s player rotation and his selection of the starting XI are currently under criticism by the front office.

Quotes are from Sport Bild journos Tobi Altschäffl and Christian Falk (via Twitter account @iMiaSanMia)

Only this time, it wasn’t a surprise tournament exit or a piddling draw. No, Mainz roared back to life and delivered a smashing of the record champions, whose domestic league title streak is now in serious jeopardy with five matchdays to go.

Oliver Kahn, Hasan Salihamidzic and Herbert Hainer have all repeatedly backed their decision to replace Nagelsmann with Tuchel despite Bayern having only won twice in seven times of asking across all competitions. The club is on the verge of finishing the season trophyless for the first time in quite some time, but the front office insists that Nagelsmann wasn’t meeting the sporting requirements desired by the club and that’s mostly what caused them to feel that it was time to make the change.

Unfortunately, with he way things are going, even Mainz looks like a nigh-insurmountable challenge to Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern.

This is purely speculation, but it appeared that Davies pulled his left hamstring as he pulled up lame, while driving down the left side of the pitch. Davies immediately knew something was wrong, went down, and called to the bench to be replaced.

Many people believe that the club management’s untimely decision to sack Julian Nagelsmann has exacerbated Bayern’s already struggling season, leading to increased scrutiny of their decision-making. But is the front office responsible for all the blame?

Yikes.

Bayern Munich did not make their job any easier, and that’s the reason why they return to Munich with absolutely nothing. Sadio Mané’s opener (you read that right, it counted) proved to be worthless as Ludovic Ajorque, Leandro Barreiro, and Aaron Martin gave Bayern the sucker punch of a lifetime. What are the takeaways from today’s game?