Bayern against Leverkusenthe top game. After a 1:1 you are usually not much smarter than before. This time it was different. It was a 1:1 of the more one-sided variety. Leverkusen, dominant in every game last season, were almost without exception (one exception: Robert Andrich’s opening goal) occupied with defending (which was only unsuccessful when Aleks Pavlović’s nice long-range shot equalized). Bayern, a league below Leverkusen last season, showed how much their new coach Vincent Kompany has changed them. The reigning master coach also noticed this. “The energy” and “the belief” distinguishes Bayern this season from last season, said Xabi Alonso. By this evening at the latest he will have realized that the championship title will be much more difficult to win this year than last. It would be even nicer if it were always that easy.