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LIVERPOOL, England — Bayern Munich’s time has passed. This incarnation of Bayern Munich, anyway, this team with Manuel Neuer at one end of the field and Robert Lewandowski at the other, this team that has taken up residency at the summit of the Bundesliga, this team that has been such a fixture and a force in the final rounds of the Champions League.
The wear and tear has been showing a little more with every passing season: Pep Guardiola left, and Jupp Heynckes could not be persuaded to stay; Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso retired.