Bayern Munich went again to the highest of the Bundesliga on Saturday, defeating Borussia Dortmund 4-2 at dwelling to give Thomas Tuchel a profitable begin as coach of the Bavarian giants.
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A surprising personal aim from Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, in addition to two trademark poacher’s finishes from Thomas Mueller had Bayern 3-0 up by the twenty fifth minute.
Kingsley Coman added a fourth shortly after half-time to ship Bayern two factors away from the guests regardless of two late comfort objectives.
“We want the will to get higher, as a result of we’ve got to get higher,” Tuchel said, although he praised his side’s “desire to fight for the ball”.
“It was the consequence we completely wished.”
Dortmund got here into the match within the unfamiliar place of first place, one level forward of Bayern, who fired coach Julian Nagelsmann in favour of Tuchel final week.
Tuchel, who won a German Cup title during a two-year stint in charge of Dortmund, only had one training session with Bayern but it was Kobel who gifted them a flying start in the 13th minute.
The ‘keeper, who returned after a five-week injury layoff, charged out of his box to try and clear Dayot Upamecano’s long pass, but could only make the faintest of contacts with the ball before watching helplessly as it rolled into the net.
Mueller scored from a corner just five minutes later and pounced when Kobel spilled Leroy Sane’s shot five minutes after that.
“Sometimes there are crap days and today was one of them,” Kobel instructed Germany’s Sky, blaming himself for the defeat.
But Dortmund coach Edin Terzic backed his ‘keeper, saying: “We can’t neglect that this man is the rationale we have been on high of the desk.”
Unlike earlier in the season when Dortmund came from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at home with Bayern, there would be no miracle comeback this time around, with Coman sliding the ball under Kobel early in the second half.
Emre Can converted a consolation penalty after Serge Gnabry fouled Jude Bellingham in the box, while Dutch forward Donyell Malen added a second for Dortmund in the last minute of normal time.
Munich have won their last nine home league matches against Dortmund, scoring 37 goals and conceding just eight in the process.
Dortmund will need to regroup after the defeat, their first league loss in 2023, ahead of their German Cup quarter-final at RB Leipzig on Wednesday.
Bayern face Freiburg twice in the space of a week, once at home in the Cup on Tuesday and then away in the league on Saturday.
Union Berlin 3-0 Stuttgart
Union Berlin stored up their shock pursuit of the Bundesliga title with a 3-0 victory over rock-bottom Stuttgart.
Second-half goals from Sheraldo Becker, Kevin Behrens and an own goal from former Union player Genki Haraguchi took the third-placed side to just two points behind second-placed Dortmund and four from Bayern.
“After half-time, we played like we should,” mentioned Union coach Urs Fischer.
Mainz dealt fifth-placed Leipzig’s bid for Champions League soccer subsequent season a blow, profitable 3-0 on the Red Bull Arena.
Freiburg missed an opportunity to reap the benefits of Leipzig’s loss, drawing 1-1 at dwelling in opposition to struggling Hertha Berlin.
Bayer Leverkusen handed Schalke their first defeat in 9 matches, profitable 3-0 away thanks to second-half objectives from Jeremie Frimpong, Florian Wirtz and Sardar Azmoun.
Elsewhere, a aim from Germany ahead Felix Nmecha within the sixth minute of harm time stole a degree for Wolfsburg, who drew 2-2 at dwelling in opposition to Augsburg.
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