Bayern Munich made a dominant start to their new era under Thomas Tuchel by thumping Bundesliga title rivals Borussia Dortmund 4-2 to regain top spot in Germany’s top flight.
Dortmund went into the international break as the league leaders but crumbled in familiar fashion in Bavaria on Saturday as Gregor Kobel embarrassingly skewed a Dayot Upamecano pass into his own net early on.
Thomas Muller netted a quick-fire double to put Bayern 3-0 up in 25 minutes before Kingsley Coman slid in to make it four at the start of the second half.
Dortmund were once again overawed by the Klassiker occasion but did manage to pull two goals back as Emre Can converted a penalty before Donyell Malen rattled one in during stoppage time.
New Bayern boss Tuchel did face former side Dortmund recently in the Champions League in 2019/20 with Paris Saint-Germain, coming out 3-2 aggregate winners in the last 16. However, the former Chelsea manager couldn’t have expected such a generously poor start from BVB in his first outing with Bayern.
The visitors did craft a decent opening before conceding the lead as Marius Wolf teed up Marco Reus, but Matthijs de Ligt covered to blocked his shot on goal.
But moments after Can was booked during a heated exchange with the referee, a serious lapse in judgement from goalkeeper Kobel handed Bayern the lead in the 13th minute. Upamecano’s hopeful punt upfield could have been gathered by the Swiss stopper in his area, but instead he slashed at it and made only the slightest of connections, the ball trickling behind him and into the net.
Dortmund have crumbled in recent trips to the Allianz Arena and they were clearly familiar with the script as some statuesque defending allowed De Ligt to head a corner towards Muller, who stayed onside to turn in from close range.
Bayern’s grip on the game intensified when Dortmund quickly lost possession in their own third. Leroy Sane’s shot from distance was parried by Kobel into Muller’s path and the German forward reacted quickest to grab his second of the game.
Dortmund were hit by an injury to centre back Nico Schlotterbeck just before half time, with Mats Hummels coming off the bench to face his former club. They did engineer a decent move as Julian Brandt and Raphael Guerreiro combined to set up Julian Ryerson, but the left-back fired over.
it could have been 4-0 before the break when Coman ran onto Leon Goretzka’s through ball, but the French winger tripped up on the turf when attempting to round Kobel.
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