DORTMUND.- Thanks to a new double from their star Harry Kane already a bit of Joshua Kimmichhe Bayern Munich gave a big blow to the Bundesliga by winning 3-2 in their visit to their greatest rival, the Borussia Dortmundin a high-intensity German Klassiker this Saturday on the 24th day.
With 63 points, Bayern now leads Dortmund (52), second, by 11 points and seems to take a practically definitive step in the race towards its 35th European champion title. Germany.
“We have an 11-point lead. We have scored 88 goals. Why should we stop now? We have to keep going,” said Bayern’s Belgian coach. Vincent Kompany.
The season could be unforgettable for the Bavarian giant, which is also still in contention in the German Cup (classified to the semi-finals) and in the Champions League European (classified to the round of 16).
The week has been catastrophic for Dortmund, who on Wednesday had wasted a 2-0 lead in the first leg of the playoff for access to the round of 16 of the European Champions League by falling 4-1 in the second leg at the stadium. Atalanta Italian.
That team from Bergamo will precisely be Bayern’s rival in the round of 16, which did not need to play in the playoff, since it had sealed its ticket as one of the members of the Top 8 of the regular phase of the highest European tournament.
thirty goals
In this Saturday’s match at the Westfalenstadion, Dortmund took the lead thanks to their central defense Nico Schlotterbeckin the 26th minute, but everything changed in the second half.
Kane equalized in the 54th minute, concluding with a “killer” instinct from the area an action by Kimmich and Serge Gnabryand then the English star converted a penalty (70′).
The ex of Tottenham Thus, he signed his fourth consecutive double in the Bundesliga and his 29th and 30th goals of this league season, approaching 11 goals shy of the Pole’s record. Robert Lewandowskiwho signed 41 with Bayern in the 2020-2021 campaign.
In the last ten minutes, Dortmund tried to avoid defeat when Daniel Svensson equalized 2-2 in the 83rd minute, with a volley, but four minutes later Kimmich, with a left-footed shot directly into the corner of the goal Gregor Kobelput the final 3-2 for the visitors, who are already beginning to calculate when they can mathematically be champions.
“It has been good publicity for the Bundesliga. There was intensity, goals and two teams wanting to go on the attack,” Kompany estimated in statements to Sky television.
