Bayern München crushes BVB with late goals

Die Schwarzgelben goal of returning home from Allianz Arena with points came within three minutes of occurring before Bayern München struck twice handing BVB a 3-1 defeat. The heart-breaking loss continues the difficult start of the Rückrunde, dipping BVB to a three way tie with Schalke and Wolfsburg, a point behind VfB.

The start of the match could not have been written better for Jürgen Klopp as less that two minutes into the match Hungarian international Tamás Hajnal provided Nelson Valdez the ball, which he followed up with a powerful strike from eighteen meters into the back of the Bayern net. By the fifteenth minute Bayern started to drive forward with left flanking attacks and only Roman Weidenfeller’s good work and Luca Toni’s errors keeping the BVB lead. At twenty-four minutes Mannschaft capped Bastian Schweinsteiger’s free-kick found its way to the wall and after Franck Ribéry attempt at the rebound was blocked, Zé Roberto stepped up and struck the ball in. Following the goal Bayern ran roughshod over die Schwarzgelben and if hadn’t been for Weidenfeller quality work against Roberto and Ribéry before the break, the match would have been out of reach early.

At the break Jürgen Klopp brought in Nuri Şahin for Tinga and the overall match was less one-sided. However once again Roman Weidenfeller came to rescue denying Luca Tonia with twenty minutes remaining and Miroslav Klose with ten left on the clock. Unfortunately for BVB, with three minutes remaining Felipe Santana was unable to clear the ball and Miroslav Klose pounced on the opportunity to volley the go-ahead goal. The match was brought to a 3-1 score in added-time when Franck Ribéry cross to Miroslav Klose was sent in.