Tuesday afternoon I was sitting in my local, waiting for the Champions League matches to begin. The television showing Bayern - Villareal was next to the one showing the Napoli - Manchester City match; so, I was next to a bunch of City supporters. And since everyone knows I write this column, I field a lot of questions about Bayern, in particular, and German football, in general.

After the disappointment that was the Hannover 96 match, die Roten have racked up an impressive-sounding ten goals in two subsequent outings. Well, I say "impressive-sounding" because when you consider the opponents- FC Ingolstadt and FC Nuernberg- the results were to be fully expected.