Bayern Munich ´inferior in all areas´ during Bayer Leverkusen loss, fumes Salihamidzic

Hasan Salihamidzic blasted Bayern Munich as “inferior in all areas” in their loss to Bayer Leverkusen, as the champions slipped up in the Bundesliga title race.

A 2-1 defeat in the final game before the international break saw Julian Nagelsmann’s side fail to reclaim top spot a day after losing it to Borussia Dortmund.

With the two sides set to meet in their first game back on April 1, Bayern will enter the crunch clash knowing a second reverse in a row could spell the end of their title defence.

Sporting director Salihamidzic was left fuming by what he perceived as a poor mentality throughout, and felt the visitors deserved nothing at BayArena.

“That’s not what Bayern means,” he told SPORT1 in discussing the performance. “We missed everything [that we] demanded from a team that won on Thursday. We were inferior in all areas.”

“Confidence or not, we have to bring [our] mentality and greed onto the pitch. It is about the championship [race].

Time up. Defeat in Leverkusen.

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“We had two shots on goal in the last few minutes, but [we had] so little drive, [or] mentality, [or] assertiveness. I’ve rarely experienced that.

“This team is so good when the mentality is right from the start, but [they can be] just as bad when they don’t do it and think that they can do everything with [their] quality.”

Bayern had won three straight league games after losing to Borussia Monchengladbach last month but will now welcome Dortmund trailing their Klassiker rivals by a point.