German Supercup - Borussia Dortmund 4-2 Bayern Munich: 5 talking points

Guardiola’s old demons are back to haunt him

Bayern after defeat

During his last season at Barca, even though their attack was tactically perfect, his defence was always prone to errors. While he played a compact midfield in a tight area, his defence was exposed when their opposition counter-attack with pace.

His defence struggled when they played against a team with a goal poacher who would play between the centre backs. That was just what happened against Dortmund, who are known to transform from defence to attack in just seconds and have Robert Lewandowski, a perfect fox-in-the-box who plays between the centre backs.

Daniel van Buyten could not match the pace of Dortmund and Jerome Boateng was ill-equipped to handle Lewandowski’s off-the-ball movement.

All the 4 goals conceded by Bayern were a result of poor defending and lack of co-ordination with the goalkeeper. Unless Guardiola decides to play a more disciplined defence, teams can always catch Bayern unawares on the break with both full backs regularly overlapping the wingers.