10 best starts to a league season in the past decade

Juventus with the league title in 2011-12

#2 Bayern Munich: 2013-14

Bayern Munich players (L to R) Thiago, Boateng, Martinez, Alaba and Gotzewith the Bundesliga title

Highlight of league start: 27 games before first defeat with 25 wins and 2 draws and the league title secured.

Last season was Bayern’s first one under Pep Guardiola and the Spaniard had huge expectations to live up to. On top of that, he had big shoes to fill in after Jupp Heynckes won the treble with the Bavarians in 2012-13.

Guardiola and his men started with menace as they recorded 6 wins and 2 draws after eight games, with the second draw coming on Match Day eight against Bayer Leverkusen. After this Bayern went on a run of 19 straight wins at the end of which they had clinched the League title as early as March.

Bayern Munich rested some of their key players for the remaining seven games having clinched the title and gave chances to some of their squad players and reserves and this was probably why they drew one and lost two games in succession. But eventually at the end of the season Bayern won the league with 90 points which was 19 more than second placed Borussia Dortmund and scored 94 goals while conceding only 23.

They could have easily finished the season unbeaten if they didn’t slack off after winning the league.

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