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Whitespace: “You will never walk alone” was played at the beginning at the Dortmund stadium, in front of empty stands. A melancholic, absurd scenario, since the BVB players had to renounce this support and play “alone” against FCB. Football in times of the coronavirus is in some ways only half football.
The result: Bayern win 3: 2 (1: 1) in Dortmund and now top the Bundesliga table with 18 points. Dortmund (15 points) is third behind RB Leipzig (16 points). Read the game report here.
The black and yellow hope: Marco Reus, who was often only substituted in recent weeks, was able to play Bayern from the start. And the BVB captain did what he likes to do against Bayern: a goal. In the 45th minute, Raphaël Guerreiro made a flat pass to the center and Reus skillfully blocked it in the goal: the 1-0. Hope for the first Bundesliga win against Bayern in almost two years sprouted at BVB.
The free kick trick: Bayern’s response to Dortmund’s goal came a few minutes later. On a free kick into the BVB penalty area, Serge Gnabry, Robert Lewandowski, David Alaba and Thomas Müller came together and hatched something. Lewandowski faked a shot, Gnabry put the ball down the left to Müller, who stopped it for Alaba. And the shot from the Austrian, whose future at Bayern is uncertain, was deflected and landed in the door – 1: 1.
Self-inflicted failure: Joshua Kimmich has been a central component of the successful Bayern team for years. Against Dortmund he had to be replaced after 36 minutes: after a blocked ball, Kimmich tried to get Haaland up. Although he tripped over the attacker, he injured himself and saw yellow. A diagnosis is still pending. “A failure would not be so easy for us to deal with,” Bayern manager Hansi Flick said.
The header: Center, header, goal. It’s that easy in football sometimes, especially when you have a talented all-rounder like Lewandowski in your ranks. After a good cross from Lucas Hernández, the attacker gave Bayern the lead with a precise header.
Der Libero: As is known, it is part of Manuel Neuer’s repertoire that he likes to get out of the penalty area. Manu, the Libero! But as often as against Dortmund, he had rarely run out of the sixteenth and seen the balls go out of the danger zone. Did Bayern coach Hansi Flick like it?
The noble noble joker: Leroy Sané had already scored a remarkable goal in the Champions League game during the week as a substitute. And his quality was also clear against Dortmund: he arrived in the 69th minute, was immediately in the game and scored eleven minutes later to make it 3-1.
Torgarantie dies: Haaland doesn’t seem to care who he plays against, he always scores goals. The Norwegian was also successful against Bayern. It was the sixth goal of the season in the seventh game of the Bundesliga. He scored another four in the premier class. A dream share.
The offside player: In earlier times, Lewandowski would have come out of this match with three goals, but thanks to the video referee, two of the attacker’s goals were retrospectively denied. The supposed 1: 0, a slippery blow behind Gnabry’s flank, did not occur, as did the supposed goal at 4: 2.
The missed opportunities: Hummels and BVB coach Lucien Favre agreed in their analysis: You had many opportunities to score, and many of them were missed. “It was unbelievable,” Favre said: “It’s hard to accept.” Bayern coach Flick said: “Dortmund became dangerous when we made mistakes. We have to remedy these mistakes.” So there is still work to be done for both teams.
