Borussia
Dortmund salvaged
some Bundesliga pride
after their 3-0 win at
the Allianz Arena
condemned champions Bayern Munich to a
second successive league defeat.
Jurgen Klopp opted to leave Bayern-bound
Robert Lewandowski on the bench and that
proved an inspired decision, as his front
four ran Pep Guardiola's team ragged.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring 20
minutes in, with Marco Reus and Jonas
Hofmann getting in on the act after the
interval, before Rafinha was sent off for the
hosts in injury-time.
Bayern's dominated the ball early on, but
the searing pace of Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang and Reus caused the hosts'
high defensive line problems on the break.
And the pair combined with Mkhitaryan
and Hofmann, the other members of
Dortmund's rampant frontline, to put the
visitors ahead.
Hofmann's throw-in was flicked to Reus by
Aubameyang, and he picked out an
unmarked Mkhitaryan in the area, who
coolly finished left-footed past Manuel
Neuer.
Neuer was taken off at half-time with a
suspected calf injury, and his debutant
replacement Lukas Raeder's first task was
to pick the ball out of the net.
Dortmund's forward line again wreaked
havoc, with Reus applying the finishing
touch on 49 minutes with his seventh goal
in his last five matches.
Hofmann then added a third - before
making way for Lewandowski - to affirm
Klopp's tactical superiority over Guardiola
on the day of his 200th Bundesliga match
in charge of Dortmund.
A late rally from the hosts saw Mandzukic
have a header ruled out for offside but
Rafinha was sent off in injury time for a
moment of madness when he struck
Mkhitaryan in the face.
And Dortmund comfortably held on to give
Bayern a taste of their own medicine after
the Bavarians won 3-0 at Signal Iduna Park
back in November.
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