MUNICH
\nBayern Munich\u2019s busy match schedule with three matches in seven days will not shift the focus of the German champions ahead of Saturday\u2019s Bundesliga match against visiting Bayer Leverkusen, said coach Vincent Kompany on Friday.
\nThe Bavarians host improving Leverkusen and are looking for a record-extending 15th win in 15 matches across all competitions this season before then travelling to Paris St Germain for the Champions League next week.
\nBayern have already set a record for Europe\u2019s top five leagues after Cologne 4-1 in the German Cup second round on Wednesday to make it 14 wins from 14 matches across all competitions.
\n\u201cFor me this is a top match (against Leverkusen),\u201d Kompany told a press conference. \u201cThere is also a bit of the rivalry from the past two seasons.\u201d
\nLeverkusen were undefeated champions in 2024 and runners-up to Bayern last season. They are still on a league-record 37-match unbeaten streak in away games and are on 17 points in fifth place, with Bayern leading the title race on 24.
\n\u201cI am not here to decide who our main title rivals are. The only thing that matters for me is to win tomorrow. But fact is the rivalry is still there, and we cannot underestimate them because of what they have done in the past weeks,\u201d Kompany added.
\nLeverkusen are on a four-game winning run themselves in the Bundesliga, having turned their season around with the arrival of coach Kasper Hjulmand following the sacking of Erik ten Hag after just two league games.
\nThey also sold half a dozen key players in the close season, including Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong, but signed a string of talented players as well.
\n\u201cIn our calendar there is no tough phase with three games in six matches. We are used to that and it is not that we suddenly have different goals because our schedule is difficult,\u201d Kompany said.
\nBayern\u2019s winning run since the start of the season is a record for a club from the big-five European leagues with the previous best mark set by AC Milan with 13 wins in the 1992-93 campaign.
\n\u201cLeverkusen under the new coach have gathered 16 of 18 possible points,\u201d Kompany said. \u201cSo they have this top form again in the Bundesliga and are dangerous in front of goal. They lost a lot of talent but they bought a lot of talent as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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