according to Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang.
Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang believes
Bayern Munich will surrender their Bundesliga title this season
and hopes his side can be there to take advantage of any slip-
ups.
The reigning champions have dominated the German top flight
over recent seasons, with Dortmund the last side to buck that
trend with back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012.
As Dortmund struggled through last season en route to a
seventh-placed finish, Wolfsburg and Borussia
Monchengladbach saw Bundesliga bids fall away as Pep
Guardiola's side proved a cut above.
However, with leaders Dortmund claiming maximum points
from their opening four matches this term, Aubameyang made a
bold assertion regarding the title race.
"We have started the season well. Although everybody knows
that Bayern are favourites, as I said, and I am probably the only
one thinking this and others don't, I think that Bayern won't win
the league this season," he said.
"At least this is what I think. But we have to keep up for the
whole season and then we'll see how the season will shape up
at the end.
"I think that we have started very well. It's good that we have
managed to achieve this winning streak. We'll have to continue
playing as we know and try to win."
Aubameyang already has five league goals to his name this
season, having been given a prominent attacking role under new
coach Thomas Tuchel at Signal Iduna Park.
"I want to score 20 goals in the Bundesliga this season," he
added.
"That's a target I want to achieve. I have a bet with the coach
so I will give it my all in order to achieve this goal because I
want to improve.
"It's not really a bet but at the end of the season I will show you
something. I will have something to show but only at the end of
the season.
"[Tuchel] has managed to make me feel at ease from day one.
He gives me the confidence I need. He talks to me a lot. We
speak in English but it's good for me to talk with him.
"We have many exchanges and we work a lot on this, on the
videos and we do all this kind of things."
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