German Bundesliga: Buoyant Gladbach aim to dent Bayern

Hosts await league leaders on the back of nine unbeaten games

BERLIN: Borussia Moenchengladbach captain Granit Xhaka says his side has a chance of proving to the German league on Saturday that runaway leaders Bayern Munich can be beaten.

Xhaka and Gladbach’s stars are relishing the prospect of testing themselves against Germany’s top team at Borussia Park with their side fourth in the table while Bayern are already eight points clear.

“It’s clear Bayern are at a different level at the moment, where, if we’re being honest, no other team in Europe or the world is at,” the Swiss midfielder told German Sky Sports. “But Bayern are also beatable. Every team is beatable; you just have to find the right solutions to break them down.”



In-form Gladbach want to become only the second team this season to take German league points off Bayern.

Pep Guardiola’s Munich are running away with the Bundesliga title after taking 40 from a maximum 42 points with 13 wins from 14 matches and only a goalless draw at Eintracht Frankfurt in October blots their league copybook.

Gladbach are unbeaten in their last nine league games under head coach Andre Schubert and worked hard to protect their record by fighting back from 3-1 down at bottom side Hoffenheim last Saturday to claim a 3-3 draw.



Meanwhile, second plays third on Saturday evening when Borussia Dortmund are at Wolfsburg with Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looking to add to his tally of 17 goals as the league’s top scorer.

The Dortmund star has only failed to score in two of his 14 league games so far this season and has 25 goals in all competitions.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 5^th, 2015.

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