Bayern Munich 3-1 Borussia Dortmund

A brace from striker Miroslav Klose helped Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich to beat arch rivals Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Allianz Arena on Sunday evening. The result lifted Bayern above Hamburg and Hertha Berlin, and Jurgen Klinsmann’s team are now just one point behind leaders TSG Hoffenheim.

Bayern were the only team in the top four of the Bundesliga to win this week. Hoffenheim and Hertha drew with Borussia Monchengladbach and Arminia Bielefeld respectively, while Martin Jol’s Hamburg were stunned 3-2 by Karlsruher SC.

Dortmund took the lead in the 2nd minute of the game through Paragayuan forward Nelson Haeldo Valdez, who took  advantage of a Martin Demichelis slip to fire past Michael Rensing.

Bayern were stung by the early Dortmund goal, and strove forward in search of an equaliser. They got it in the 24th minute when Dortmund keeper Roman Weidenfeller parried Franck Ribery’s attempt into the path of Ze Roberto, who duly scored from close range.

Dortmund allowed Bayern to dictate possession ( Bayern had a whopping 62% of possession), although Jurgen Klopp’s side did have a couple of chances of their own- both Mohamed Zidan and Florian Kringe were guilty of failing to score from easy positions.

Bayern took the lead in the 87th minute, when Dortmund defender Felipe Santana failed to deal with Mark Van Bommel’s long ball correctly and headed it into the path of Klose, who gleefully fired home.

There was another one to come for Bayern towards the end, and this time Ribery and Klose combined together to signal the end of Dortmund’s chances of taking anything from the game.