The Bundesliga, for so long the epitome of footballing self-assurance and sometimes self-righteousness, isn’t so comfortable in its own skin right now.
Supporters still swill beer while swaying in masses of choreographed unity, having paid less for their tickets than most Premier League fans pay to park their car at the ground, but look at the top of the league table and there is an anomaly.
RB Leipzig are that anomaly. Having won seven straight games, they hold a three-point lead over Bayern Munich and all the rest at the peak of the German top flight.