Bundesliga pay the penalty for Bayern

England striker Gary Lineker said that football was just a game where 22 men ran around after a ball for 90 minutes and in the end, the Germans always won. What he failed to add was that when it comes to club football, the Germans become Bayern Munich.

I know, you've heard it before - probably at the end of matchday two when I ranted about how Bayern continue to win games in an incredibly dramatic fashion - but the Bayern-Dusel (Bayern's undeserved luck) keeps getting supplied with fresh evidence. There is a feeling of inevitability that hangs around Bayern, as it does many great clubs in their prime. It's late in the game, the scores are level, it has been a tight, half-chance kind of match... Just like Manchester United during those extra special Sir Alex Ferguson years, you just know Bayern is going to win. Gradually, over time, it becomes one of those football inevitabilities and as frustrating as it is to watch Robert Lewandowski poke the ball home in the 92nd minute to win the game just as you said he would, that is what the best teams in the world do. They win.

Who minds winning? No one. Only when it's not winning is it a problem (and I don't mean drawing or losing). On Saturday, against Augsburg, Bayern wasn't winning. They were taking. Douglas Costa runs into Markus Feulner and goes down faster than the number of Bundesliga hipsters wearing Gladbach kits this season. It is not a foul, but even the Sky commentator seemed to hesitate after he said it wasn't a penalty, almost pre-empting referee Knut Kircher's decision. After the game, Kircher admitted to the mistake and said he relied completely on his linesman (I am concerned about the linesman's decision making).

Wonderful that the man would be so honest, but it doesn't change the fact Bayern won three points that might prove crucial come the end of the season. They have the best squad in the league, the most money, the best head coach and the best facilities, and they've won the last three league titles, so why do we need more reasons to make the Bundesliga a harder league to sell? Thankfully, Frankfurt's eight-goal thriller in the evening quelled some of my anger, but it won't have been much consolation for the thousands of Augsburg fans out there.

Some would argue, Bayern took three points that their dominant performance deserved. They took 23 more shots, had more possession and attempted and completed 600 more passes - but that would be unfair on Augsburg. The fact they didn't get one had little to do with their game plan. Yes, they sat back and tried to defend their way out of an away day in Munich, but can they be blamed for that?

Augsburg has started the season poorly and was looking to take a confidence-providing point from this Bavarian derby the old fashioned way - through grit and determination. Marwin Hitz had a storming game, until he slipped to let in the equalizer, and of course they rode their luck a bit but that is all part of the game. Is that any worse than going all out attack a la Paderborn last season and losing 5-0? No, Augsburg didn't deserve all three points on Saturday, but they certainly deserved one?

The point is knocking at the door doesn't guarantee you entry. Sadly, on Saturday, Bayern had it opened for them. Of course decisions have gone the way of many teams, the most remarkable one I remember was Hoffenheim being robbed of three points when Stefan Kiessling's ghost goal stood for Leverkusen. There are other incidents, but not like this. Whisper it quietly, but decisions like this are often only made in injury time in the Allianz Arena in favor of the home team.