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BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich’s problems are mounting after its worst start to the Bundesliga in nine years.Saturday’s 2-2 draw at struggling Augsburg followed a 2-1 loss at home to Hoffenheim and ensured that Niko Kovac’s team has dropped points in half of its league games so far.Asked if Bayern was sliding into another Autumn-crisis following a similarly weak stint last year Zack Steffen Jersey , captain Manuel Neuer bluntly replied, “I hope not.”But the signs aren’t good.Defensive pillar Niklas Süle has been ruled out for months with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, forward Thomas Müller is unhappy with his reserve role since Philippe Coutinho arrived, and there are questions over the team’s mental strength after just four wins from eight Bundesliga games.“You’re going to look at the points total from last year and draw conclusions. You’re entitled to do that,” said Kovac, who endured a crisis of four competitive games without a win around the same time last season.Bayern’s 15 points is the team’s worst mark at this stage since Louis van Gaal was in charge in 2010. The Dutch coach, whose side had 11 points at the time Cheap Soccer Jerseys , was fired the following April.Kovac doesn’t enjoy the unflinching support of Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, but he has been backed for now by sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic.“We’re all pulling in the same direction,” Salihamidzic said.Coutinho and Müller, his substitute on Saturday, missed good chances to put Bayern up 3-1 before Alfred Finnbogason equalized for Augsburg in injury time. It was the sixth consecutive game in which Kovac started with Coutinho instead of Müller.“We live in a competitive society,” Kovac said.This time last year, Rummenigge and club president Uli Hoeneß attacked the media for “derogatory Cheap AC Milan Soccer Shirts , slanderous reporting” and threatened to take legal action if unfavorable coverage of the team’s struggles continued.Kovac managed to turn the side’s fortunes around and eventually led it to a record-extending seventh straight Bundesliga title, as well as a German Cup victory in Berlin.This year, Kovac has been charged with doing better in the Champions League, where his side has already delivered a statement with a 7-2 rout of Tottenham. Bayern next visits Olympiakos on Wednesday, then it returns to Bundesliga action against visiting Union Berlin on Saturday.Despite its lackluster start, Bayern is just behind leader Borussia Mönchengladbach at the top of the Bundesliga.“We’re one point behind first place. Do you want to talk us into a crisis?” Hoeneß said on Monday. “I’m satisfied with everything but our goal tally.”LEIPZIG STRUGGLINGLeipzig, which had ambitions of challenging Bayern for the league title this season Cheap Arsenal Soccer Jerseys , is also struggling.Julian Nagelsmann’s side has not won any of its last four competitive games, leading to criticism from chairman Oliver Mintzlaff after Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Wolfsburg.“It feels like a defeat. Five points from the last four home games is too little, two points from the last two Bundesliga games, too. We can do better,” Mintzlaff said.Leipzig next hosts Zenit St. Petersburg in the Champions League on Wednesday. BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi says he is not certain Barcelona did all it could to re-sign Neymar in the offseason.Messi tells the Spanish daily Sport he “would have loved to see Neymar” back with Barcelona, but he doesn’t “know if Barça did everything possible for his return.” He recognized www.thetopsoccer.com/as-roma , though, that “certainly it’s not easy to negotiate” with Paris Saint-Germain.Messi says “Neymar is one of the best in the world” and his signing also would have helped the Spanish club reach another level regarding its image and its relationship with sponsors.Messi said in the interview published on Thursday he was always in contact with Neymar and the Brazilian forward “really wanted to come” to Barcelona.Messi said Barcelona players never formally asked for Neymar’s return, “we simply gave our opinion.” He said the fact the Brazilian didn’t arrive made it clear he was not the one calling the shots at Barcelona, as many suggested.Despite the failure to attract Neymar, Messi said he was not disappointed, and believed Barcelona still has a “spectacular squad.”Messi said he doesn’t intend to leave Barcelona and wants to keep winning with the club. He said the most important thing for him is “to be part of a winning project.”Messi is yet to play for Barcelona this season because of a muscle injury.