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MUNICH (dpa-AFX) – Beaming with joy, Robert Lewandowski enjoyed the many congratulations and a hug from coach Hansi Flick. With the world footballer’s victory in the top scorer competition, Bayern Munich remains at the top of the Bundesliga rankings. In a thrilling German classic against Borussia Dortmund, Munich celebrated a 4: 2 (2: 2) after a 0-2 false start at home on Saturday.
“We took him with us, he was very important to us,” Bayern striker Thomas Müller said on Sky TV. After a double by Erling Haaland (2nd / 9th minute), world footballer Lewandowski (26th / 44th / 90th) and Leon Goretzka (88th) turned the game around. After RB Leipzig’s 3-0 victory at SC Freiburg, the German record champions overtook the Saxons, against whom the scheduled cup final is expected on April 3.
“We started well and then became too passive,” BVB captain Marco Reus said, complaining in the second half that there was “very little risk of scoring.” For his teammate Emre Can, the performance “overall was not good enough today. We have to cross that out quickly.”
In the Bayern classic against Dortmund, Joachim Löw marveled at a duel of highs that really deserved his name from the stands. “Very intense and very, very exciting,” the national coach found the “true superior game.” Haaland, who had to be mistreated in the second half, increased his goal count to 30 competitive goals in 28 games. Lewandowski now has 31 league goals to his credit. There are ten match days left to break Gerd Müller’s 40-goal mark.
After a quick start in Dortmund, Bayern returned with a strong mentality. The two formative clubs of the last decade delivered a great game with beautiful plays, intense duels and many goals.
With his double, Haaland ensured that Bayern lost 2-0 as soon as he did last time in January 1977 against MSV Duisburg with two goals from Ronnie Worm. The Norwegian only needed a little over 70 seconds to take the lead after Joshua Kimmich lost the ball. A little later, Bayern coach Hansi Flick sat fully served on the bench. The ball reached Haaland through Mahmoud Dahoud, Nico Schulz and Thorgan Hazard, who completed the beautiful combination to make it 2-0.
The reaction from the series champion once again lifted Flick’s spirits. The Munich team got better and better in the game, reserved more possession and put pressure on them. Dortmund, who ran three kilometers more than the hosts in the first half, fiercely resisted. But Lewandowski didn’t want to be inferior to Haaland in terms of scoring goals.
After the preliminary work of Leroy Sané, powerful and enthusiastic on the right wing, Lewandowski only had to extend his foot. The 2-0 was also up to the Pole. After checking the video assistant, there was a Dahoud foul on Kingsley Coman, which Lewandowski sank in typical fashion.
Even after the break it was intense. Hazard (47th) and Coman (48th) each sniffed at 3-2. “Keep pushing, keep pushing,” asked Thomas Müller, returning from the starting eleven, to his Bavarians, who increasingly determined the action. Especially after Haaland’s foot was treated and he had to leave the field (60th). At Bayern, Jérôme Boateng had to be injured from the field a little later (70th).
Bayern pushed for 3-2. Lewandowski tore his hair after failing to use a shot from the edge of the box (63.). There was not much relief from Dortmund, Goretzka made the acclaimed 3-2. Lewandowski then made everything clear./kun/DP/zb
