Bayern Munich

Match report as Bayern Munich thrashed Borussia Dortmund 4-2 in to overtake the visitors at the top of the Bundesliga and give Thomas Tuchel a winning start ...

Before Dortmund managed to regroup, Bayern scored again with Thomas Mueller turning the ball in with his hip at the far post after a Joshua Kimmich corner was headed on by Matthijs de Ligt in the 18th minute. Match report as Bayern Munich thrashed Borussia Dortmund 4-2 in to overtake the visitors at the top of the Bundesliga and give Thomas Tuchel a winning start as coach; Gregor Kobel's 13th-minute howler allowed Bayern to go in front with Thomas Muller scoring twice in the win Bayern Munich overran a hapless Borussia Dortmund to win Der Klassiker 4-2 as three goals in the opening 23 minutes helped them reclaim top spot in the Bundesliga and hand new coach Thomas Tuchel a winning start.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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)

Get a report of the Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund 2022-23 German Bundesliga football match.

[Emre Can](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/159142/Emre-Can) penalty in the 72nd minute and a stoppage-time effort from [Donyell Malen](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/259481/Donyell-Malen). [Joshua Kimmich](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/190161/Joshua-Kimmich) corner was headed on by [Matthijs de Ligt](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/239349/Matthijs-de-Ligt) in the 18th. [Kingsley Coman](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/184012/Kingsley-Coman) racing in to slot in their fourth goal six minutes after the restart. [Leroy Sane](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/202641/Leroy-Sané) shot into the path of Muller to score an easy tap-in that left the Dortmund players in complete disbelief. [Gregor Kobel](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/238544/Gregor-Kobel)'s 13th-minute howler when he completely miskicked his attempt to clear a [Dayot Upamecano](http://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/222793/Dayot-Upamecano) punt from the Bayern half and saw the ball roll into the net for an own goal. [Bayern Munich](/football/team?id=132) overran a hapless [Borussia Dortmund](/football/team?id=124) to win 4-2 in Der Klassiker on Saturday, as three goals in the opening 23 minutes helped them reclaim top spot in the [Bundesliga](/football/league/_/name/GER.1) and hand new coach Thomas Tuchel a winning start.