Bayern Munich 2-1 Borussia Dortmund - 5 Talking Points

#3 Dortmund could’ve won if they started right

Dortmund are much more effective attacking than they are defending

Dortmund were terrible in the first half. Roman Bürki’s performance was the only reason Bayern were only 2-0 ahead; it could’ve been much more. Dortmund took 1 shot in the first half and didn’t win any corners in comparison with Bayern, who had 10 shots, 5 on target, and won 3 corners. Bayern utterly dominated the first half and were deservedly 2-0 up.

In the second half, Dortmund played a much better game, and Bayern switched off; Dortmund had 64% possession, 10% higher pass accuracy and twice as many shots as Bayern. In the second half, the visitors were much more attacking, and if they started the game the way they played in the last 30 minutes, Dortmund could’ve seriously dealt damage to Bayern.

Had Stöger deployed a normal line up and let the players attack, the result may have been very different.