Seven facts from the last time Bayern Munich didn’t win the Bundesliga

Bayer Leverkusen’s 5-0 thrashing of Werder Bremen to seal their first-ever Bundesliga title meant that Bayern Munich’s 11-year run of dominance came to a screeching halt.

The Bavarian giants last failed to clinch a Bundesliga title way back in the 2011/12 campaign, when rivals Borussia Dortmund pipped Jupp Heynckes’s Bayern to the summit of the German first division.

This was also the time when Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were smashing goalscoring records seemingly every weekend in LaLiga, while Chelsea experienced European glory for the first time with Didier Drogba leading the charge.

Here’s seven facts from the last time Bayern Munich didn’t lift the Bundesliga.

It was Sergio Aguero’s iconic last-gasp winner over Queens Park Rangers that saw Manchester City beat rivals Manchester United to their first league title in over four decades with 89 points and only separated on goal difference in the 2011/12 Premier League season.

Jurgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund were the last Bundesliga side to lift the German first division title before Bayern’s 11 consecutive titles that began in the 2012/13 campaign. Not only did Klopp guide Dortmund to the league title in the 2011/12 season, but he also managed to bring the Bundesliga home to Dortmund’s loyal supporters in the previous 2010/11 season.

Before Lionel Messi was vacationing in south Florida, he was shattering records with Barcelona in sunny Spain. 2012 was the year that the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner recorded an astounding 91 goals in 69 matches across the calendar year for both Barcelona and Argentina, a feat that will more than likely never be topped.

In his final act as an Arsenal player, Robin van Persie tallied 30 goals in 38 Premier League matches in the 2011/12 season as the Gunners finished in third place behind Man City and Man United. Van Persie would go on to leave the north London outfit in the summer to join rivals Man United, but he still brought plenty joy to Arsenal supporters in his last season at the club.

Didier Drogba’s 88th minute…