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Der Klassiker: Ahead of Saturday's 'Der Klassiker' against Borussia Dortmund, tensions around Bayern Munich have grown to new heights.

What was meant to be an intermediate step on the way to the Bundesliga clash against the Black and Yellows became an unpleasant DFB-Pokal knockout, triggering debate about the Bavarians' condition, reports Xinhua.

Questions and doubts arose as the reigning German champions suffered a painful midweek exit in the second round of the Cup against third-tier Saarbrucken.