Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund served up a Klassiker that fully lived up to its billing, with Bayern's sensational 4-2 win bringing them ahead of their ...

[Marco Reus](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/marco-reus-10-things-borussia-dortmund-germany-5396) (captain): "The coach told us at half-time that it was rubbish how we went into a lot of situations. [Matthijs de Ligt](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/matthijs-de-ligt-10-things-on-bayern-munich-s-centre-back-20596) (defender): "We need to watch game after game. [Emre Can](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/gregor-kobel) (midfielder): "It's almost impossible to win a game here in Munich. [Edin Terzic](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/edin-terzic-5-things-on-borussia-dortmunds-new-head-coach-13917) (head coach): "It would be ridiculous to sit here and say we got into the game well in the opening 15 minutes. We have to keep the focus high and focus on every game because we know we have to win every game. [Gregor Kobel](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/gregor-kobel) (goalkeeper): "I can't explain how the ball slipped through like that. We want to have more control of the game than we had. [Jude Bellingham](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/who-is-jude-bellingham-borussia-dortmund-birmingham-sancho-england-gerrard-12101) (midfielder): "It's one of those things as a goalkeeper, it can happen. We didn't want the match to be quite so wild and wanted to press higher, but we didn't manage that. "The win means that we are on top of the table. We need to adapt to a better rhythm. We want to have more ball possession.

There are high hopes that this time it will be different, and that Dortmund can surprise the Rekordmeister and finally win a Bundesliga game at the Allianz ...

The Black and Yellows will first face Leipzig in the Pokal on Wednesday and then Union Berlin at home on Saturday. And there is not much time for the 49-year-old to do just that. The willingness to work off the ball was extremely high." The willingness to implement everything was there 100%. After that first goal, Müller quickly added two more, and the biggest game in Germany, broadcasted around the world, including on ABC in the United States, was over before it even begun. It was the first game back for Kobel after an injury and he his blackout to miss a long ball forward by Dayot Upamecano, slightly redirecting it into his own goal, led to yet another Dortmund collapse.

However, the major question mark before kick-off was new coach Thomas Tuchel's decision to play Benjamin Pavard at right back when João Cancelo and Noussair ...

Listen to it below or at [this link](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ToOBwUkmpXPIIYiJJ3rrR). Interested in a more in-depth look at the game? At the start, he looked like a lock to wind up permanently in Bavaria at the start of the summer transfer window.

If this was the glimpse of the future of Bayern Munich under Thomas Tuchel, it was terrifying for the rest of the Bundesliga.

If this was a glimpse of the future of Bayern under Tuchel, it was terrifying for the competition. Everyone knew what they were doing and they did so collectively because it was easy enough for everyone to understand, even for a side that had only met their new coach 48 hours earlier. Bayern could have pushed on to utterly destroy their hapless opponents but they were content to play cat and mouse with them, letting them live just enough to add two meaningless goals late on in a 4-2 defeat. Once Gregor Kobel catastrophically mishit a clearance into his own net — Leroy Sane could have had the final touch but let the ball trickle into the empty net so as not to disturb the moment’s sublime absurdity — Bayern regained their composure and Dortmund lost theirs. And yet, the non-contest at Allianz Arena offered up a strange twist. He later admitted the anxiousness had spread from him to the players, like a nasty virus.

Thomas Tuchel earned a '1' and his BVB counterpart Edin Terzić a '5' as Bayern Munich swept aside title challengers Borussia Dortmund en route to a 4-2 ...

Interested in a more in-depth look at the game? That’s likely going to be a topic of heated discussion for the next several years. - Tuchel really got right back down to the basics with his 4-2-3-1.

Joao Cancelo began the Thomas Tuchel era at Bayern Munich on the bench, but he has been offered assurances over game time under a new coach.

A [change in the dugout](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/lose-champions-league-final-joao-cancelo-thomas-tuchel-bayern-munich/blt3b7b17ed7db88447) has now been made by Bayern, but the 28-year-old saw Benjamin Pavard and Alphonso Davies picked ahead of him in right and left-back berths for a convincing 4-2 victory over fellow Bundesliga title hopefuls Borussia Dortmund. [moved to the Allianz Arena from Manchester City on an initial loan agreement](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/cancelo-guardiola-bust-up-bayern-munich-reasons-why-left-man-city/blt8ed0b2a73318b4dc) during the January transfer window. [HAVE YOUR SAY: Will Wrexham ever reach the Premier League?](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/will-wrexham-ever-reach-the-premier-league-with-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-backing/blt74ff45cb06a74f2e)

Minute-by-minute report: Thomas Tuchel takes charge of Bayern for the first time against his old team. Join Alex Hess.

The winger whips an early shot at goal from the edge of the box and Kobel lunges to his right and gets to it, but all he can do is push the ball out to the feet of Muller, who once again helps himself from close range. De Ligt attacks the resulting corner with a towering header from the penalty spot and Muller meets the ball at the back post to tap home from under the bar. The good news is that a win here would put crisis-club Bayern on track for the title. 7 mins: A half-chance arrives for Dortmund at Wolf links up nicely with Brandt, who dances forward and feeds Reus charging down the right. His head is in his hands as the balls sails past him and trickles into the net. He cuts into the box and is one-on-one with Kobel but the keeper does well not to commit himself and Coman eventually slips over trying to take the ball around him. Sane cuts inside and when Muller, on the edge of the box, draws his marker toward the ball, the winger picks out his counterpart who is arriving from the other flank. Given the ball from a goal kick, Ryerson sleepwalks down the line into trouble and is robbed by Sané. Bayern surge forward again, Sane reaching a dead end on the right and going back to Kimmich on the edge of the box. 48 mins: Bayern pick up where they left off, Davies charging down the left and nudging back to Coman. It starts in the centre circle with the eventual scorer, who sweeps the ball out to Sane on the right. He spots Choupo-Moting peeling away and with his back to goal, the German takes the chipped pass on his chest before scissor-kicking into the bottom corner.

For a nervy few moments at the start of this latest edition of Der Klassiker, Borussia Dortmund looked like they had come to play. Bayern Munich were facing ...

“We have to control the game better and get more rest periods into the game,” Kimmich concluded. We didn’t really want to make the game so wild and back-and-forth, but we didn’t succeed.” “We we lucky to take the lead, but we didn’t control the game for 90 minutes.

Bayern Munich new coach Thomas Tuchel decided not to include Joao Cancelo in the starting XI against Borussia Dortmund. Sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic ...

However, we will have to see how the relationship between Cancelo and Tuchel evolves. Sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic spoke to 'Sky Sports' after the victory: "Tuchel has decided that but Cancelo is a key player in the squad. I'm sure he will start other games," he said.

Bayern Munich are now top of the Bundesliga after dominating Borussia Dortmund at home 4-2. This was Thomas Tuchel's first game in charge of Bayern.

The forward didn’t hit the ball with too much power but placed it in with perfection to the right side of the net. The first came from a corner kick in the 18′ minute. Leroy Sane was able to find the Frenchman after dribbling across the Dortmund defense untouched. Kobel completely missed it which resulted in the ball rolling into the back of the net. Joshua Kimmich sent in a corner right to the head of De Ligt. The captain controlled the ball and shot it right into the sliding foot of Bayern’s Matthijs De Ligt.

Cancelo entered the match in the 79th minute for stating left-back Alphonso Davies and put in a very solid — yet brief — shift for the Bavarians. The Portuguese ...

Listen to it below or at [this link](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ToOBwUkmpXPIIYiJJ3rrR). Interested in a more in-depth look at the game? When the This kind of behavior is familiar to some fans, who followed the James Rodriguez saga in Bavaria. It’s normal for a player to be disappointed when they don’t play,” Salihamidžić told Bild (as captured by The Portuguese star was “frustrated”, however, and did not partake in any of the post-match festivities.

A well-worked corner helped Bayern Munich see off Borussia Dortmund - but they've lagged behind from set pieces so far this season.

As for the remaining Bayern runners, Upamecano and Goretzka (red) hold their position to pin [Emre Can](https://theathletic.com/football/player/emre-can-OGmdEWoSTbPNf9pY/) and Niklas Sule while De Ligt (yellow) starts his run. Choupo-Moting’s blocking role (red) on Haller denies the Ivorian from moving out to contest the header and Muller’s movement (white) towards the far post drags Brandt with him, freeing the zone De Ligt intends to attack. Choupo-Moting (red) moves away from goal and blocks Sebastien Haller to pin Dortmund’s zonal player at the near post. [Dayot Upamecano](https://theathletic.com/football/player/dayot-upamecano-RPVsvRtyABioBr7H/)’s ball behind the Dortmund defence crawl into the net, the second came via a well-executed corner routine before Thomas Muller made it three five minutes later. Choupo-Moting (red), Muller and Pavard (white) have roles to execute. Their expected goals (xG) per corner was the fifth-worst in the league.