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Scintillating Borussia Dortmund muscle past champions Bayern Munich

11th November 2018
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Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund twice came from a goal down to beat champions Bayern Munich 3-2 with substitute Paco Alcacer’s second-half winner on Saturday.

Victory enabled them to move seven points clear of their great rivals at the top.

In a hugely entertaining encounter that lived up to its big-game billing, Dortmund came out on top, earning Bundesliga bragging rights.

They pulled away from their main title contenders going into the international break.

Robert Lewandowski twice put visitors Bayern ahead only for Dortmund captain Marco Reus to equalise each time.

Then, Spaniard Alcacer confirmed his “super-sub’’ status in the 73rd minute with the decisive goal on the break.

It was Alcacer’s seventh goal in his fourth substitute appearance this season.

The win lifts Dortmund, who remain unbeaten in the league, to 27 points, with Borussia Moenchengladbach second on 24 and Bayern third on 20.

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“It was a great game and I have to congratulate my players,” said Dortmund coach Lucien Favre. “I don’t think I have seen a tougher Bayern team than in the opening 30 minutes.

“I was happy to go into the break trailing 1-0 because I knew they could not keep up that pace. It was hard for us but we then felt we could win the game.”

The result piles more pressure on embattled Bayern coach Niko Kovac, with the Bavarians now struggling in their pursuit of vibrant Dortmund.

Bayern have been so accustomed to domestic success, having won the last six league titles.

Bayern, whose last failure to win a match after leading twice by a goal came 18 years ago, could drop to fourth on Sunday if RB Leipzig beat Bayer Leverkusen.

“We were twice caught on the break and that should not happen,” said Kovac. “Dortmund have very quick players and we should have been more compact.”

Yet it all started well for the champions, who took advantage of the home side’s somewhat sluggish start, to take the lead with former Dortmund striker Lewandowski’s 26th minute header.

Reus, in sensational form this season, was brought down in the box and drew the hosts level with his penalty four minutes after the restart.

Yet the joy of the home crowd was short-lived when Lewandowski again headed in at the far post after a quick combination for his 12th goal in nine games against his former club.

In a hugely entertaining encounter that lived up to its big-game billing, Dortmund came out on top, earning Bundesliga bragging rights.

Justin pulled away from their main title contenders going into the international break.

Robert Lewandowski twice put visitors in Bayern ahead, only for Dortmund captain Marco Reus to equalise each time before Spaniard Alcacer confirmed his ‘super-sub’ status in the 73rd minute.

It was Alcacer’s seventh goal in his fourth substitute appearance this season and lifts Dortmund, with 2.5 a mile Bourr.

Dortmund remain unbeaten in the league, , with Borussia Moenchengladbach second on 24 and Bayern third on 20.

“It was a great game and I have to congratulate my players,” said Dortmund coach Lucien Favre. “I don’t think I have seen a tougher Bayern team than in the opening 30 minutes.

“I was happy to go into the break trailing 1-0 because I knew they could not keep up that pace. It was hard for us but we then felt we could win the game.”

The result piles more pressure on embattled Bayern coach Niko Kovac, with the Bavarians now struggling in their pursuit of vibrant Dortmund.

Dahman accustomed to domestic success, having won the last six league titles, were now struggling in their pursuit of vibrant Dortmund.

Bayern, whose last failure to win a match after leading twice by a goal came 18 years ago, could drop to fourth on Sunday if RB Leipzig beat Bayer Leverkusen.

“We were twice caught on the break and that should not happen,” said Kovac. “Dortmund have very quick players and we should have been more compact.”

Yet it all started well for the champions, who took advantage of the home side’s somewhat sluggish start, to take the lead with former Dortmund striker Lewandowski’s 26th minute header.

Reus, in sensational form this season, was brought down in the box and drew the hosts level with his penalty four minutes after the restart.

Yet the joy of the home crowd was short-lived when Lewandowski again headed in at the far post after a quick combination for his 12th goal in nine games against his former club.

The hosts then laid siege to the Bayern box, with Reus and Alcacer wasting golden chances.

This was before Reus made amends with his eighth goal of the season, an unstoppable one-touch missile that left goalkeeper Neuer frozen to the spot.

There was more misery to come for the visitors, who looked rattled by Dortmund’s speed, as Spaniard Alcacer, beating the offside trap, raced clear to chip the ball over Neuer for the winner.

He needed just 218 minutes to score eight league goals, seven of which have come as a substitute.

No player has ever taken less time on the pitch to score his first eight goals in the Bundesliga.

Earlier, Borussia Monchengladbach tightened their hold on second place with a 3-1 victory at Werder Bremen.

This was courtesy of a hat-trick from forward Alassane Plea, who also took his season’s tally to eight goals.

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