Three games in and, if there was even the tiniest slither of doubt, the Bundesliga title already looks like it will remain the property of Bayern Munich.
Winners of the last 10 titles, the Bavarians have burst out of the blocks this season and won their first three games in historic fashion, scoring 15 goals and conceding just one in the club’s best ever start to a campaign.
Bayern’s ominous beginning is one that will have already handed a quick reality check to those who had pretensions of rivalling them.
And a big bulk of the credit for keeping them ahead of the chasing pack following a summer when they have lost one of their most iconic figures in recent years, Robert Lewandowski, has been sent the way of sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic, or Brazzo as he is more affectionately known.