No respite for Bayern players with Leverkusen game looming
By CIARÁN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
BERLIN (AP) — The international break provided little respite for Bayern Munich’s struggling stars ahead of the team’s high-stakes Bundesliga clash with Bayer Leverkusen on Friday. Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann welcomed his Germany players back to training after what proved a frustrating two games with the national team. Bayern has gone four games without a win in the Bundesliga. It had been hoping that Germany’s Nations League games against Hungary and England would help reinvigorate its players ahead of a busy schedule of domestic and Champions League games. Bayern’s players instead took their poor form to the Germany team.