Bayern Munich’s Thiago Alcantara, who boasts an 85 percent pass completion rate, appears to pass the ball to an animated image of Santa Claus on the LED advertisement board at theAlianz Arena during Bayern’s 3-0 win over RB Leipzig. Juan Bernat managed to track back quickly enough to receive the pass from Thiago, who scored and assisted in the win thatgave Bayern sole possession of first place in the Bundesliga going into the winter break.
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