Bayern's Muller wants 'goldfish mentality' to win Bundesliga

Bayern Munich captain Thomas Muller wants his teammates to adopt a goldfish mentality to secure a recordextending 11th consecutive Bundesliga titleWith a 10second memory theres only looking forwardiquest Muller says in his latest newsletterWe owe it to ourselves to our fans and to the DNA of the club to do whatever it takes to give the season a happy end with the championship title I expect absolute belief commitment and unity from myself from our team and everyone aroundAlso ReadFrankfurt beats Stuttgart 32 to reach German Cup finalWith that Muller wants his teammates to forget about recent disappointments in a difficult season so far for the Bavarian powerhouseBayern was knocked out of the German Cup and Champions League in the quarterfinals last month and is threatened in an uncharacteristically close Bundesliga race by a hardcharging Borussia DortmundMuller who is captain while Manuel Neuer recovers from his broken leg acknowledged that April was an absolute disappointmentiquest but said its not the right moment in time for a fullscale investigation into the causesThat will come later after Bayern this week postponed its quarterly supervisory board meeting from May 22 to May 30With the scheduling of the meeting after the final game of the season at Cologne on May 27 everyone in the club should focus on the sporting aspect in the decisive phase of the championship race Bayern said in a statementBayern leads the Bundesliga by just one point with four games remaining after dropping points in 12 games from 30 so farThe defending champion also enjoyed a slice of fortune when Dortmund was denied a clear penalty in a 11 draw at Bochum last weekend allowing Bayern to retake the lead on Sunday by beating lastplaced Hertha Berlin 20Bayern can stretch its lead to four points on Saturday with a win at Werder Bremen before Dortmund bids to keep pace on Sunday with a win at home over inform WolfsburgBayern then has home games against Schalke and Leipzig before finishing the season in Cologne while Dortmunds last three games are against Borussia Moenchengladbach Augsburg and MainzOnce the season is over Bayern can begin what Muller described as the fullscale investigationiquest into why it wont be as successful as expectedBoth Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic are under scrutiny for their decision to fire Julian Nagelsmann as coach and replace him with Thomas Tuchel right before the teams Champions League and German Cup exitsOnly a successful Bundesliga title defence will ease some of the pressure and ensure a more harmonious supervisory board meetingThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever