Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge admitted tonight he was concerned by the club's current struggles and warned the current situation "cannot be tolerated".
The defending German champions are off to their worst-ever Bundesliga start following this afternoon's 2-0 defeat at Borussia Dortmund which left them in 12th position.
Dortmund won it with goals from Lucas Barrios and Nuri Sahin in front of more than 80,000 at Signal Iduna Park after Bayern had missed a string of first-half chances.
Former West Germany striker Rummenigge said: "We're concerned, no question about it, because we're 13 points behind the leaders - we're not happy about that at all.
"We'll only turn the corner by winning. There can only be one motto for the next home match after the international break: we need nothing but a win. We have to start taking points. It cannot be that Bayern Munich are 13 points behind the leaders.
"We played well in the first half, but unfortunately, we've yet again failed to score from any of a number of chances.
"After we went a goal down, I didn't see us react and try and put our opponents under pressure.
"Dortmund played on Thursday, so we should definitely have been putting them under more pressure.
"We don't have the kind of squad which needs to be fully 13 points off the lead. We need to sit down and analyse this, and see that we turn the corner very quickly. We're in a situation which cannot be tolerated at Bayern."
Bayern's director of sport Christian Nerlinger was another alarmed at the lack of fight.
He said: "The time has come for a few home truths. We need to look hard at ourselves and wake up. That was a serious setback.
"We're making it easy for our opponents at the moment. We're having incredible trouble turning chances into goals.
"We're investing huge amounts of energy, but we're failing to force the ball over the line - and at the moment, the first shot at our goal is going in most of the time, and at some point, it's impossible to recover, as we saw today.
"After we went 2-0 down, the team never looked like they believed in turning the situation around.
"We'll close ranks and work through this situation. We were in the same situation last season, and everyone knows how it ended. We need to return to winning ways in our next home match."
Coach Louis van Gaal, who signed a new contract during the week, said: "Unbelievably, we've lost again by not taking our chances. We're a long way behind, but it's also a long season."
Dortmund won it with goals from Lucas Barrios and Nuri Sahin in front of more than 80,000 at Signal Iduna Park after Bayern had missed a string of first-half chances.
Former West Germany striker Rummenigge said: "We're concerned, no question about it, because we're 13 points behind the leaders - we're not happy about that at all.
"We'll only turn the corner by winning. There can only be one motto for the next home match after the international break: we need nothing but a win. We have to start taking points. It cannot be that Bayern Munich are 13 points behind the leaders.
"We played well in the first half, but unfortunately, we've yet again failed to score from any of a number of chances.
"After we went a goal down, I didn't see us react and try and put our opponents under pressure.
"Dortmund played on Thursday, so we should definitely have been putting them under more pressure.
"We don't have the kind of squad which needs to be fully 13 points off the lead. We need to sit down and analyse this, and see that we turn the corner very quickly. We're in a situation which cannot be tolerated at Bayern."
Bayern's director of sport Christian Nerlinger was another alarmed at the lack of fight.
He said: "The time has come for a few home truths. We need to look hard at ourselves and wake up. That was a serious setback.
"We're making it easy for our opponents at the moment. We're having incredible trouble turning chances into goals.
"We're investing huge amounts of energy, but we're failing to force the ball over the line - and at the moment, the first shot at our goal is going in most of the time, and at some point, it's impossible to recover, as we saw today.
"After we went 2-0 down, the team never looked like they believed in turning the situation around.
"We'll close ranks and work through this situation. We were in the same situation last season, and everyone knows how it ended. We need to return to winning ways in our next home match."
Coach Louis van Gaal, who signed a new contract during the week, said: "Unbelievably, we've lost again by not taking our chances. We're a long way behind, but it's also a long season."
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