Ancelotti: We have to move on from loss to Dortmund
Midfielder Xabi Alonso then hammered his shot against the crossbar as Bayern upped the pressure, laying siege in the Dortmund half.
Borussia Dortmund brought an end to Bayern Munich’s unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season with a 1-0 win on Saturday evening which moves them to within three points of their arch-rivals.
Dortmund forward Marco Reus has been set back by a “small heel problem” and will not play either.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says he has been “annoying” Borussia Dortmund team-mate Ousmane Dembele in an attempt to draw the best from the French wonderkid.
The victory lifts Dortmund up into third in the Bundesliga, three points behind Bayern, and six adrift of surprise leader RB Leipzig.
Hummels, who played eight years in Dortmund before moving to Bayern this season, said visiting Dortmund is “the toughest away game in Europe, ” but did not want to overrate the loss.
Catch all the action live from Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich Live Streaming, Match Time and Starting XI here. Dortmund’s left back Marcel Schmelzer stressed: “We haven’t beaten them in the league for a long time, as an individual and as a team you have to push yourself to the limit in these games”. We had plenty of chances, while Dortmund only had a few, but we didn’t take our chances and that’s why we lost today.
Bayern: Unavailable – Arjen Robben, Javi Martinez, Kingsley Coman. Aubameyang finished with 25 goals for Borussia Dortmund.
Schalke 04 earned a deserved 1-0 victory at VfL Wolfsburg thanks to Leon Goretzka’s victor eight minutes from the end to leave the Wolves hovering two points above the relegation zone. When you’re in the ring with Bayern, you can’t expect to come off without a bruise, or an own goal.
Franck Ribery had a goal ruled out for offside and Xabi Alonso struck the woodwork for Carlo Ancelotti’s side, who nearly conceded a second when Aubameyang proved uncharacteristically profligate after finding himself one-on-one with Manuel Neuer. Because these games are always so intense, there’s always a possibility the sides will cancel each other out, just as they did in last season’s 0-0 draw in this fixture and in the German Cup final that followed.