#1 Need to go the extra mile – ease of victory a rarity
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Bayern Munich under Pep Guardiola were often described as domineering and full of determination, but those adjectives cannot be used to describe Carlo Ancelotti's side.
Dullness, displeasure-able at times, and daunting could be easier to describe the Italian's side which has received so much criticism in the German media. The ruthlessness of the mainstream publications has seen Munich labelled 'glanzlose Siege', meaning dull and dreary. Earlier season performances last year, and also spring time struggles entirely fall into the glanzlose siege category which was a rarity under Guardiola.
The Spaniard's side often found ease at dispatching opposition teams and rarely struggled to overcome the opponent in preventing them from gathering all three points.
Ancelotti's side have recorded some exceptional performances - Leipzig home and away most notably - but it has become difficult for the side to ease past the opposition due to the knowledge of other teams in becoming aware of their problems in many areas of the pitch.
