Bayern Munich 5-0 Borussia Dortmund: Bayern thrash Dortmund in title clash

Robert Lewandowski celebrates — Only Gerd Muller (234 games) has scored 200 goals in the Bundesliga quicker than Robert Lewandowski (284 games)

German champions Bayern Munich thrashed title rivals Borussia Dortmund to move back to the top of the Bundesliga with six games remaining.

Dortmund, who were two points clear heading into this match, were shell-shocked following a ruthless first-half display from the hosts.

Goals from Robert Lewandowski, Mats Hummels, Serge Gnabry and Javi Martinez gave Bayern a 4-0 lead at half-time.

Bayern are chasing a seventh consecutive Bundesliga title.

In a showdown described as the "biggest in Europe this season", Dortmund's title hopes suffered a blow and extended their losing streak at the Allianz Arena to five games.

At the start of December, the title race looked to be over with Dortmund nine points clear at the top, but Bayern took advantage of the stuttering form of their rivals to claw back the deficit.

And as if intended as a timely reminder of Bayern's pedigree, Lewandowski became the second-fastest player to score 200 goals in the German top flight, doing so in 284 games.

His Bayern side are aiming to win a 29th league title and could add the German Cup after reaching the semi-finals with a victory over second-division side Heidenheim.

Over in a flash

Borussia Dortmund players react to going 4-0 down — Borussia Dortmund were nine points ahead of Bayern Munich at the top of the table in December

Dortmund's free-flowing football had propelled them to the top of the table with seven games remaining but they were taught a lesson by a Bayern side hungry to retain their title.

There weren't any initial signs of a collapse - midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud hit the outside of the post within eight minutes as Dortmund looked bright.

But ex-Dortmund centre-back Hummels proved more clinical when his towering header thumped into the back of the net just minutes later.

After the opener, Dortmund struggled to keep pace with their title rivals and eventually the pressure took its toll.

Dan-Axel Zagadou's clumsy pass fell straight to Lewandowski and the former Dortmund striker lifted the ball over the keeper and slotted it into an open net to double Bayern's lead.

Bayern's pressure was relentless - Dortmund keeper Roman Burki was forced to tip Thomas Muller's header over the bar before making two smart low saves to deny Hummels and Lewandowski.

But Burki's heroics were short-lived as Javi Martinez pounced on a rebound to fire Bayern into a 3-0 lead within 40 minutes.

Gnabry rubbed further salt into the wounds two minutes later with a pin-point header from Muller's cross and Lewandowski picked up his second of the night with a tap-in a minute before full-time.

Dortmund's humiliation was confirmed at half-time but they remain only a point behind in a thrilling title race.

Bayern's slip-up last week against Freiburg suggests there could still be more twists to come.

Lewandowski breaks more records - best of the stats

For the first time since 2001-02, there is only a one-point margin between the first two teams in the Bundesliga after 28 games - back then, Dortmund trailed one point behind Bayer Leverkusen, but became champions in the end.
Bayern have won their last eight home games in the Bundesliga, scoring 29 goals, while conceding only two.
Bayern have also scored 19 goals in their last four home matches against Dortmund and only conceded twice.
Centre-back Hummels' four shots on target in the first half was more than the entire Dortmund team combined.
For the first time, Martinez has scored four competitive goals in one season for Bayern.
Lewandowski has now scored 15 goals in this fixture (14 for Bayern, one for Dortmund) - surpassing Gerd Muller's previous record of 14.
Lewandowski also became the first player in Bundesliga history to score in five consecutive games against a former club.

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Bayern Munich

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Neuer
32Kimmich
4Süle
5Hummels
27Alaba
6Thiago Alcántara
8Martínez AguinagaSubstituted forGoretzkaat 77'minutes
22Gnabry
25MüllerSubstituted forRenato Sanchesat 80'minutes
29ComanSubstituted forRibéryat 68'minutes
9LewandowskiBooked at 70mins

Substitutes

7Ribéry
11Rodríguez
13Ferreira de Souza
17Boateng
18Goretzka
26Ulreich
35Renato Sanches

B Dortmund

Formation 4-1-4-1

1Bürki
26PiszczekSubstituted forWolfat 69'minutes
16Akanji
2ZagadouBooked at 40minsSubstituted forWeiglat 45'minutes
4Diallo
28Witsel
7Sancho
19DahoudSubstituted forGötzeat 62'minutes
6DelaneyBooked at 70mins
34Bruun Larsen
11Reus

Substitutes

10Götze
20Philipp
27Wolf
29Schmelzer
33Weigl
35Hitz
36Toprak

Referee:: Manuel Gräfe
Attendance:: 75,000

Match Stats

Home TeamBayern MunichAway TeamB Dortmund

Possession: Home59%; Away41%

Shots: Home22; Away4

Shots on Target: Home10; Away1

Corners: Home11; Away1

Fouls: Home10; Away12

Live Text

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Match ends, FC Bayern München 5, Borussia Dortmund 0.
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Full Time
Second Half ends, FC Bayern München 5, Borussia Dortmund 0.

89'
Goal!
Goal! FC Bayern München 5, Borussia Dortmund 0. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
86'
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Foul by Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München).
86'
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Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
84'
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Attempt missed. Niklas Süle (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Robert Lewandowski.
83'
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Attempt blocked. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Serge Gnabry.
81'
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Franck Ribéry (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81'
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Foul by Marius Wolf (Borussia Dortmund).
81'
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Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
81'
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Foul by Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund).
80'
Substitution
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Renato Sanches replaces Thomas Müller.
80'
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Attempt missed. David Alaba (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
79'
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Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79'
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Foul by Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund).
78'
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Attempt missed. Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Serge Gnabry with a cross.
77'
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Corner, FC Bayern München. Conceded by Abdou Diallo.
77'
Substitution
Substitution, FC Bayern München. Leon Goretzka replaces Javi Martínez.
76'
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Attempt missed. Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high following a set piece situation.
75'
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Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Scores, Results & Fixtures

Saturday 6th April 2019

Bayern MunichBayern Munich5B DortmundBorussia Dortmund0
FT
B LeverkusenBayer 04 Leverkusen2RB LeipzigRB Leipzig4
FT
SchalkeFC Schalke 041FrankfurtEintracht Frankfurt2
FT
Hertha BerlinHertha Berlin1DüsseldorfFortuna Düsseldorf2
FT
StuttgartVfB Stuttgart1Nuremberg1. FC Nuremberg1
FT
WolfsburgVfL Wolfsburg3HannoverHannover 961
FT

As It Stood

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Bayern Munich	28	20	4	4	74	28	46	64
2	B Dortmund	28	19	6	3	66	35	31	63
3	RB Leipzig	28	16	7	5	53	22	31	55
4	Frankfurt	28	15	7	6	56	31	25	52

5	B Mgladbach	27	14	5	8	46	34	12	47
6	Wolfsburg	28	13	6	9	47	42	5	45

7	Werder Bremen	27	11	9	7	49	39	10	42
8	B Leverkusen	28	13	3	12	50	48	2	42
9	Hoffenheim	27	10	11	6	54	39	15	41
10	Düsseldorf	28	11	4	13	38	52	-14	37
11	Hertha Berlin	28	9	8	11	41	46	-5	35
12	Mainz	28	9	6	13	33	48	-15	33
13	Freiburg	28	7	11	10	38	48	-10	32
14	Schalke	28	7	5	16	29	46	-17	26
15	Augsburg	27	6	7	14	37	50	-13	25

16	Stuttgart	28	5	6	17	27	60	-33	21

17	Nuremberg	28	3	8	17	23	53	-30	17
18	Hannover	28	3	5	20	25	65	-40	14

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I guess this result illiustrates to some extent how impressive Liverpool's win at Bayern was compared to Spurs win at Dortmund?
Why are all German stadiums so superior to our Clubs asbestos sheds, mid and lower teams in the table playing in 40-50-60k state of the art stadiums 👍. Bundesliga is superb all round. Great league.
What happened to Sancho? According to the BBC he could have won the title on his own
Bayern going for their 7th title in a row and pumping their nearest rivals 5-0, Juve in Italy going for their 8th title in a row, PSG 20 points clear in France, and La Liga shared between 2 clubs. No side has successfully defended the EPL for 10 years, just shows how competitive and hard to win the English Premier League is to win. And not forgetting Scotland............................
Bayern showed their quality tonight. Would love to see Dortmund take the title from them but based on tonight’s game it doesn’t look likely. However... Bayern’s season has been characterised by slip-ups and dropping points just when you don’t expect them too.... plus, they still have to travel to the Red Bull Arena for a tricky away game....
BBC - please win the rights to broadcast Bundesliga highlights - the footie is every bit the equal of the EPL if not better and the atmosphere in the grounds is off the scale. The EPL is so dull by comparison.
I guess this result illiustrates to some extent how impressive Liverpool's win at Bayern was compared to Spurs win at Dortmund?

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Actually not, that's not how it works.
I thought the BBC had missed a chance to get the daily picture of Jadon Sancho

but! i scrolled down a little and found it....i will be looking out for tomorrows.
@33 - Look at the line-ups, Alcacer was not available as he had an arm injury. Dortmund very poor though & I hate to see people like Lewandowski & Hummels come back to haunt their former club. I prefer Reus who has not chased the glory/money like these guys. Imagine if both of them had stayed at Dortmund?
Goodness me Bayern were scary in the first half, second half they took the foot off the gas a bit. Very good game 👍👍
The way the bbc and english media talk about sancho is a disgrace.
If dortmund win the title, then this boy will have done it all by himself.
Clearly this defeat is his fault...all his fault!
Dortmund almost gave me hope this season that one of the big 5 leagues wouldn't be as predictable as always. Usual canter to the title for Bayern now then......
@30.

I was speaking on the bundesliga stadiums lets not forget their generous tickets prices with sold out stadiums every week. As for us we're only 2 teams up it's Man Utd, Man city, Arsenal and Chelsea which are helped massively with billions provided by U.S and Russian oligarchs and T.V revenues and still p.l tickets are double than bundesliga 🤔
@21 The atmosphere and fans in the Bundesliga are undoubtedly superior to those in the EPL, but it's very hard to argue that it is anywhere near as strong at present.
Let English clubs beware if they are seriously considering buying Sancho for 100 million. At his age, he might be worth a punt at 30 million.
@30

Kind of agree, though it doesnt help that bayerns recruitment policy involves buying any good players from their domestic rivals. Hummels and lewandowski being just two, leverkusen have some good players and the pick of them in havertz looks munich bound this summer, sad for german football, unless you're a bayern fan.
Dortmund were catastrophically poor, so embarrassing. Reus upfront, when he constantly says it's not his preferred position & doesn't play well there. When you have a poacher in Alcacer available, you have to play him.

Had Dahoud scored, it may have been a different game, but all BVB did was boot the ball away - I can't remember them really passing it around. Burki kept it from being worse.
Both teams crushed by English opposition, biggest game in Europe? 😂
27, Bundesliga is not great all round, it’s predictable with Bayern taking any German talent they want from rivals, even Dortmund. The fact they will win the title again tells you how uncompetitive a league it is. Why do you think it doesn’t have the world wide appeal of the Premier League?
Disappointed BVB couldn't compete tonight. I'd like to think title race isnt over but I have my doubts. Bayern are a thoroughly repulsive team.

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