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Goetze returns to torment Dortmund
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Mario Goetze silenced the jeers from an 80,000 crowd at his former club Borussia Dortmund as he inspired a three-goal rush in the last 24 minutes to guide Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich to a resounding 3-0 away win on Saturday.
Substitute Goetze, who left Dortmund in the close season, broke the deadlock in the 66th minute by stabbing the ball home. Arjen Robben and Thomas Mueller then struck in the last five minutes to turn an evenly-balanced game into a rout.
“We are satisfied. We have won against the best counter-attacking team in the world,” said Bayern coach Pep Guardiola. “We played very well in the first quarter of an hour but not so well in the next 30 minutes.”
Dortmund was left to rue a second-minute miss by striker Robert Lewandowski as well as a superb save by Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Marco Reus when the score was 1-0.
The defeat left Dortmund third on 28 points, seven behind Bayern. Although only 13 games have gone, it is a huge gap to make up against a team that has not lost in its last 38 league matches.
Bayer Leverkusen, which won 1-0 at Hertha Berlin thanks to Stefan Kiessling’s 13th goal of the season in all competitions, now looks the most likely challenger as it is four points behind in second place.
In Dortmund, the final score did not reflect the flow of the match, as Dortmund had the better chances until Bayern’s late flurry.
“The first goal was very important,” said Robben, who scored the winner when Bayern beat Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League final in May.
“It looks like a clear-cut victory but it was only 1-0 until the 85th minute.”
Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said he didn’t care by how much his team lost. “Until 1-0 we had the better chances, but we left Mario unmarked to score and after the second goal we gave up,” Klopp said.
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