Germany Legend Jurgen Klinsmann Tips RB Leipzig As Major Contender for the 2022/23 Bundesliga Title

• Germany icon, Jurgen Klinsmann believes RB Leipzig are the underdogs to win this season’s Bundesliga title despite their slow start
• RB Leipzig have garnered just two points from their opening 3 Bundesliga games and lie on the 11th spot on the league table
• RB Leipzig will be hoping to overthrow Bayern Munich as champions as the Bavarians have won the German league title for 10 consecutive seasons

RB Leipzig has been backed to cause a major upset in the 2022/23 Bundesliga campaign as they have been tipped to dethrone Bayern Munich as league champions by Jurgen Klinsmann.

Leipzig has endured a slow start to this campaign after two draws and one loss from their opening three games of the season, but that has not deterred the German legend from giving them an outside chance.

Klinsmann, who is a World Cup winner with Germany, believes RB Leipzig winning the DFB Pokal last season will be a motivating factor for them to challenge Bayern Munich for the title, Bundesliga reports.

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“They'll be saying ’We can win trophies’, and they will go into this new season now with their own expectations to go out there and say – Let’s go at Bayern Munich, let’s challenge them, let’s make things happen."

Bayern Munich has won the Bundesliga for ten consecutive seasons and RB Leipzig, who currently lies in the 11th spot on the Bundesliga table, will hope to end that reign this season.

Timo Werner’s addition yet to spark up RB Leipzigx

RB Leipzig has been lackluster in their opening three Bundesliga games of the season despite the addition of striker Germany striker Timo Werner from Chelsea, Reuters reports.

Werner scored on his second debut for the DFB Pokal champions but Leipzig has been struggling to finish up games which have seen them drop points in all 3 matches played so far.

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Leipzig are currently seven behind league leaders and defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich after just three games into the current campaign.

Lightning counter attack as Union Berlin stun RB Leipzig

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Union Berlin stunned RB Leipzig to a 2-1 defeat on Saturday to make it three straight Bundesliga games without a win as the crisis over their failed start deepens.

RB Leipzig are still winless in the Bundesliga as the crisis over their failed start deepens.

The German Cup champions slumped to a 2-1 defeat to Union Berlin on Saturday evening in Matchday 3 of the German topflight.