A team that wins championships is one that wins even on a bad day. It is a common mantra in football and, while it perhaps is too general of a statement, it is certainly true. And it is the wisdom upon which Bayern Munich president Harbert Hainer founds his praise for the team’s arduous 3-1 victory over St. Pauli in the Bundesliga. In a game in which the Bundesliga champions had to score two added time goals to seal the win, Hainer, as captured by @iMiaSanMia, appreciated the team’s fight:

“We had to fight hard, but on the other hand, it shows the team’s character that they believed in themselves and still managed to turn the game around at the end. In the past seasons, we stopped playing and didn’t win such games,” said Hainer.

That is a notable statement against the team in past seasons, but it is true that Bayern collected their lowest totals in points in over a decade during the two seasons before Vincent Kompany arrived. A lot of that had to do with cheap points dropped in difficult positions. The fact that the team has broken this trend and has 18 wins from 20 matches is worth commending.

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