Bayern’s Robben, Martinez, Coman miss Dortmund game

Dortmund recovered the ball after a Bayern clearance, Mario Goetze sent it through the legs of former teammate Mats Hummels and Aubameyang poked it home from close range.

Manager Thomas Tuchel is happy about the fact that no injuries have kept his players on sidelines.

Nevertheless, hosts Dortmund are eager for their first win over the Bavarians at Signal Iduna Park since April 2012.

Bayern’s first league defeat under Carlo Ancelotti means they now trail league leaders Leipzig by three points with three clubs, including Dortmund, just three points behind them. With a win in today’s match, Bayern Munich will climb to top of the points table as they are now sitting at second position.

Latest news has revealed that Frank Ribery will be making a comeback for Bayern while they will be without Arjen Robben who sustained an injury during the global duty for Netherlands.

Borussia Dortmund forward Marco Reus will not make his return in Saturday’s Klassiker against Bayern Munich after sustaining a heel problem. Elsewhere the injury crisis is easing, with Sven Bender, Erik Durm and Marcel Schmelzer all back in training.

Robben was injured while playing for Netherlands against Luxembourg last week but hoped to be fit for the match. Let’s not forget the 2013 Champions League Final, either.

Victory for Thomas Tuchel’s side on Saturday has put them three points behind their biggest rivals. That’s not provisionally because they haven’t played as many matches as their challengers or even the result of some fluke results. For a team that usually hoards clean sheets like stolen doubloons, this is a jarring state of affairs.

Ancelotti does, though, have Franck Ribery back available.

Bundesliga joint-top scorer Anthony Modeste’s 59th-minute goal – his 12th of the campaign – had cancelled out Lars Stindl’s 32nd-minute lead for Gladbach.

“We were missing that last pass, the precision, ” Lahm added. This is their first ever season in the German top flight, and if they finished above the team that has ruled the Bundesliga, it would be one of the greatest triumphs in football history.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck the victor for Borussia Dortmund against Bayern Munich on Saturday. That’s a run of 26 matches, which is a club record. Outside of one mistake which led to a one on one chance for Aubameyang, Xabi played a very strong game. “Are the world-class players at Bayern not actually world-class, but we just thought they were under Guardiola?” asked Suddeutsche Zeitung.

Over the past few seasons, a Bayern vs Dortmund battle usually had some silverware on the line. It is comparable with what happened last season in England. Tuchel brought him off with 15 minutes to spare. “But Borussia Dortmund still has an incredible quality”.

For the first time in four years, the Bundesliga is looking tough at the top.