Bayern Munich had to settle for a 2-2 draw against FSV Mainz 05 on Sunday. The Bavarians dominated the stats only to have the visitors steal their thunder in front of the home crowd. Two goals from two half-chances saw Mainz take the lead and almost cause an upset in Bayern’s undefeated run in the Bundesliga so far.

Die Roten welcome struggling Mainz to the Allianz Arena in their penultimate league fixture before the winter break.

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Serge Gnabry has been poor, Lennart Karl has been great. Kim Min-jae and Josip Stanisic were poor for both goals; Manuel Neuer somehow poor in both. The midfielder that played 61 minutes was nonexistent. The referee was a joke. A lot of things went against Bayern’s way.

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In truth, Mainz was dominated by Bayern Munich in terms of possession, but it did take advantage of two big defensive lapses by the Bavarians and relied upon some excellent defending from Kacper Potulski and outstanding work in goal from Daniel Batz to power itself to the draw.

Nicolas Jackson’s loan from Chelsea was extremely divisive among Bayern Munich fans, particularly the €65m obligation to buy. However, after details emerged revealing the Senegalese striker would have to start 40 games for the German side for the clause to be triggered,