Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller believes Borussia Dortmund are now out of the Bundesliga title race after the champions fell 14 points behind the leaders.
Bayern's 2-0 win over Augsburg and Dortmund's 3-2 defeat at home to Wolfsburg extended Bayern's lead over Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the table, with Dortmund back in third.
And Muller reckons Jurgen Klopp's men now have too much ground to make up.
"If I were a Dortmund player, I would not be talking about the title anymore with 14 points to make up," he said.
"Leverkusen are now our main rivals."
Bayern's win put them 11 points clear at the summit, although Leverkusen do have a game in hand.
"We must not let our big advantage let us lapse," added Muller, who set Bayern on their way to victory from the penalty spot.
"Goals like that really hurt you," said Augsburg coach Markus Weinzierl. "We would have deserved to go in at the break 0-0, but when they then made it 2-0, that was it for us and you could see we no longer believed we could get anything out of the game."
The defeat leaves Augsburg 10 points adrift of safety together with local rivals Greuther Furth, whom they meet in their last Bundesliga fixture of 2012 next weekend.
Speculation has intensified in the build-up to the transfer window over his future, particularly on the back of a five-goal haul in five games.
A total of eight in the current campaign could be added to in Sunday afternoon's home clash with Tottenham.
The news will be a huge boost to the Toffees faithful and Fellaini, whose contract expires in 2016, said: "My head is exclusively with Everton - I'm saying nothing about all the rumours.
"Although I'm happy to be praised for my performances, my future is with Everton. I'm on a good run and I want that to continue against Spurs.
"We are playing well enough to fight for a European place, even the Champions League, but we must retain this rhythm all season. It won't be easy but we want to do it.
"Our fans deserve to have some more big European nights. I am pleased with my current form. There's no secret to it - it's a combination of luck, work and good positioning in the penalty area.
"I do what the forwards do....and score goals!"
With Everton in seventh spot in the Premier League and only three points off the Champions League spots, team-mate Steven Pienaar is convinced Fellaini won't be going anywhere.
"He's enjoying his game and is clever enough not to go. There's a lot of speculation but he's still contracted to the club," the South African said.
More importantly, when asked if he would ever cut his mopped hair, Fellaini added: "I'm not thinking about changing my style for years.
"I get many letters from fans asking about my hair and requests about how they should care for their own hair."
