BERLIN: Bayern Munich forward Thomas Mueller said on Sunday that Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund have nothing to fear from the defending champions after his team’s shock 3-2 defeat at strugglers Cologne.
Despite their goalless draw with Schalke on Friday, Dortmund are 12 points clear at the top of the table, 15 ahead of Bayern.
The defending champions did themselves no favours as they threw away a 2-0 half-time lead to suffer a 3-2 defeat at relegation-threatened Cologne on Saturday, with striker Milivoje Novakovic scoring two second-half goals.
Bayern were left shell-shocked by the defeat, while coach Louis van Gaal sat stunned on the Munich bench long after the final whistle.
“It is hard to express how disappointed we are. Dortmund have absolutely nothing to fear from us at all,” Mueller told German daily Bild.
“They can lose any games they want to and we also just throw points away. It was like we came out for the second half having taken sleeping tablets.
“We have just ruined out entire season. If we keep wasting our chances like that, we might as well talk about the relegation battle as much as the title hunt.”
With Bayern’s rivals Bayer Leverkusen also losing, 1-0 at Nuremberg, and Mainz drawing 1-1 with Werder Bremen after conceding a late equaliser, Dortmund’s domination of the German league shows no sign of abating.
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