Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund result: Lewandowski scores as Bayern clinch 10th straight Bundesliga title

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Serge Gnabry's stunning strike, a clinical Robert Lewandowski finish and Jamal Musiala's third ensured Bayern Munich cruised to a tenth straight Bundesliga title by easing past archrivals Borussia Dortmund 3-1 at the Allianz Arena.

BVB trailed Bayern by nine points and a goal difference of 27 before Der Klassiker, and Die Roten's lead at the top of the table is now unassailable after a match in which they rarely looked troubled after Gnabry's 15th-minute opener.

The winger controlled the ball with his knee on the edge of the penalty area following a Joshua Kimmich corner, then sent a glorious volley beyond Marwin Hitz's dive to send Bayern on their way in front of their ecstatic home fans.

Jude Bellingham and Erling Haaland struggled to find time on the ball during a quiet first half for Dortmund's dangermen, although the 18-goal Norway sensation spurned an excellent chance shortly before the half-hour mark, dragging a low shot wide after breaking free in front of goal.

That uncharacteristic profligacy was punished alongside carelessness in possession from Dortmund. With 34 minutes gone, Bayern pounced and Thomas Muller located Lewandowski with a low pass across the penalty area, affording the Bundesliga top scorer the chance to make it 23 goals in 16 appearances against his former club.

Dortmund urgently needed the momentum to change, and it did after the break. A clumsy challenge by Kimmich on Marco Reus allowed Emre Can to convert from the penalty spot, heralding a sustained spell of pressure from the visitors for the first time.

Musiala replaced Gnabry — the leading German scorer in the Bundesliga — soon afterwards, and the substitute sealed the win seven minutes from time, slotting beyond Hitz, who also produced an excellent late save to deny Lewandowski.

Bayern survive scare to breeze to tenth title

Julian Nagelsmann ended the game grinning and covered in beer doused by his players after his first title triumph as Bayern boss, although this was not the easiest game he has overseen since his appointment in the summer of 2021.

After Dortmund failed to register a shot on target in the first period, it looked like Bayern might overwhelm their archrivals and closest competitors in the table.

As it was, in a difficult month following Bayern's surprise Champions League quarterfinal exit at the hands of Villarreal, Nagelsmann was able to celebrate — and there is certain an element of consolation in his achievement.

Haaland vs. Lewandowski: Bundesliga top scorer in Pole position

Any match featuring the freakishly prolific 21-year-old and the most reliably ruthless striker in Europe is bound to attract comparisons between the two, and Lewandowski left the youngster in his wake with another masterful performance.

Haaland had scored twice in his last appearance following a five-game drought, but perhaps he had not quite returned to full rhythm on this showing, spurning his best chance in the first half and misfiring again in the second half.

Dortmund's top striker will have many better evenings than this, regardless of where he starts next season. Lewandowski blazes on, another title in the bag and his 33rd Bundesliga goal of 2021-22 to his name.

Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund final score

  1H 2H Final
Bayern Munich  2 1 3
Borussia Dortmund 0 1 1

Goals:
MUN — Gnabry — 15th min.
MUN — Lewandowski — 34th min.
DOR — Emre Can — 52nd min.
MUN — Musiala — 83rd min.

Bayern Munich vs. Borussia Dortmund live updates and highlights

Seven successive league wins, ten successive Bundesliga titles! Dortmund would have been relieved to see Lewandowski leave the pitch when he was substituted late on, but now he's returned to the turf, all smiles as he congratulates his teammates, some of whom have been presented with giant pints of beer.

Nagelsmann wins his first Bundesliga title and is coated in some of the amber nectar. He's grinning under there, as well he might after a season in which none of Bayern's rivals convincingly looked like challenging them. Bayern amass an unassailable 12-point lead with three remaining games — and victory in Der Klassiker.

Final: Bayern Munich 3, Borussia Dortmund 1

Full-time: Bayern win the 2021/22 Bundesliga!

87th min.: Haaland is replaced by Felix Passlack. The hot prospect didn't blaze with brilliance today, and he'll be frustrated not to have given Neuer more to do when he did have sights of goal.

84th min.: Musiala showed why he is one of Germany's brightest talents with that goal. The 19-year-old teased his way through, was thwarted when Hitz saved his initial effort, then collected a pass from Sabitzer to slot in. Bayern are minutes away from the title!

83rd min.: Goal for Bayern! Substitute Musiala repeats the trick of the man he replaced, Gnabry, by scoring — and that may well seal the title!

81st min.: Haaland has dealt underwhelmingly with a couple of good chances. First, he breaks through inside the penalty area on the left and forces Neuer to palm the ball behind at his near post, although the shot never looked like creeping in. Then the Manchester City target blazes a half-volley well over the target from the middle of the danger zone.

75th min.: The Bundesliga have released stats for the fastest players in this game with 15 minutes to go. Haaland is fastest, recording a speed of around 21.8 mph. Coman is the next-nearest — but he's not really close, despite his impressive speed.

70th min.: Outstanding save! Hitz denies Lewandowski from point-blank range with an extraordinary save to keep Dortmund in the game. The champagne would have been well and truly glacial, had the marksman found the net there. Heroic goalkeeping.

63rd min.: Gnabry is replaced by fellow German international Musiala on an evening that will be remembered for one of the finest goals of the winger's career. Dortmund coach Marco Rose embraces Haaland and gives him a slap on the back.

61st min.: Zagadou shows his alertness to block a cross from the left with Lewandowski lurking in front of goal. The calls for VAR checks are becoming more prevalent, and there's another one — this the least-likeliest looking of them all so far.

60th min.: Bellingham launches trouble inside the Bayern penalty area on the left, culminating in a VAR check for a penalty. Dortmund are denied.

58th min.: More promising for Bayern! The would-be champions have withstood something of a storm during this second half, shipping a goal for their troubles. There's relief when a neat spell of aggressive passes inside the Dortmund half culminates in Lewandowski, granted advantage by the referee after at least one Dortmund foul, fires a low shot wide of the far post from the right of the penalty area.

56th min.: Haaland and Reus combine in almost the same fashion again — except that this time Hernandez halts the stalwart from shooting with a superb, robust challenge. One of those tackles that the fans greeted as if it was a goal, and excellent defending.

54th min.: What a contest this has become since the break! Haaland — starved of possession for long passages so far — breaks free through the centre and stabs an attempted through ball to Reus inside the penalty area on the left.

The pass is a little overhit, although Reus still manages to send in a low shot on the angle which the advancing Neuer scrambles to stop with his legs. The ball spins up and stops, almost on the goal line. Nervy moments for Bayern!

52nd min.: Goal for Dortmund! BVB are back in it, Emre Can sending his spot kick to Neuer's right as the goalkeeper guesses the wrong way. That wasn't the most expert penalty you'll ever see — Neuer would almost certainly have saved it had he moved in the correct direction, such was its centrality — but it's enough to make Rose slap his hands together in his technical area. His side will believe the comeback is on!

50th min.: Penalty to Dortmund! Brandt has revenge for that foul by Pavard, scampering down the left and playing a ball inside the penalty area to Reus, who is clearly impeded by a clumsy Kimmich challenge!

47th min.: Brandt wins the ball and drives forward through the middle towards the halfway line. Pavard appears to catch him heavily with a sliding tackle from behind, although no foul is awarded. Rose gives his side of the situation to an official.

46th min.: We're back! Bayern start us off this time, knowing they are 45 minutes from lifting the title at home. Nagelsmann's side immediately set off on the attack, although it comes to nothing as Dortmund clear.

Halftime: Bayern Munich 2, Borussia Dortmund 0

Halftime: Title wins are often dramatic. Bayern, however, are on their way to their tenth straight triumph — sorry Dortmund fans — with the minimum of fuss, based on that first-half performance.

BVB are yet to register a shot on target, while there was no keeping out Gnabry's piledriver, nor Lewandowski's later, characteristically lethal, hit. And here it is.

45th min.: The hosts deal with a few Dortmund attempts to move forward. Goretzka fouls Bellingham just beyond the halfway line, and the England international goes down clutching his knee, although he doesn't look like he will be staying prone for long.

42nd min.: Nice stat from the Bundesliga: Gnabry's 13 goals in this season's competition make him the top scorer of any German this season — and he's hit double figures in all six of the Bundesliga campaigns he has featured in.

40th min.: Dortmund are still toiling, with Bayern keeping them at bay comfortably. The visitors have had two shots so far, both of which were off-target.

37th min.: Coach watch: Marco Rose threw his bottle to the floor after watching Lewandowski tuck away that second goal, while you can probably guess how Nagelsmann reacted. Meanwhile, let's take a look at that glorious opener.

35th min.: Two shots on target, two goals. Ruthless Bayern pounced after Dortmund lost possession in a dangerous area through Zagadou, affording Muller the chance to locate Lewandowski on the right of the penalty area.

The Bundesliga top scorer slips away from Akanji and curls a shot beyond Hitz as the plunging goalkeeper dives to his left in vain. That's 23 goals in 16 for Lewa against his former club!

34th min.: Now it's two! Lewandowski finds the net!

31st min.: The goal is scratched for offside! There was a touch of fortune about Gnabry slotting in from the right side of the penalty area there, as Dortmund thought they had thwarted a Bayern attack from the opposite flank, only to see the ball roll through to the livewire. BVB will feel some justice has been done.

30th min.: Bayern have a second, Gnabry has a second! There's a VAR check, though...

27th min.: Chance for Dortmund! Haaland breaks free inside the penalty area on the left, only to drag a low shot wide of the near post from close range. Suffice to say, he'll feel he should have done much better from there.

25th min.: Gnabry's stunner barely featured on the expected goals (xG) radar. It was a strike out of nothing, set up by wonderful control.

23rd min.: Haaland has been well-restrained by Bayern during this first half so far. Bellingham tries to combine with the Dortmund top scorer, but tight marking allows Neuer to collect again.

17th min.: That was some goal. Nagelsmann craned his head back in that familiar style of a hopeful head coach when a corner comes in, then raced down the touchline in celebration.

Perhaps showing a deserved level of increased confidence, Gnabry just surged down the right and looped over a cross that Bayern could not capitalise upon.

15th min.: Bayern have the lead with a glorious goal! Kimmich swings in the corner from the right, where a Bayern head nods it back to Gnabry. The winger controls it on his knee just outside the penalty area and slightly to the left of centre, then rockets a volley into the right-hand corner of the helpless Hitz's net. That is a sensational strike!

12th min.: Both sets of fans seem to be making themselves heard even more than usual this evening. There appear to be home supporters with scarves tied around their heads everywhere. Their heroes win a corner on the right.

10th min.: Bayern are having the better of possession now, advancing unsuccessfully into the penalty area on several occasions. That's less of a concern when you have a line-leader in Lewandowski, who has scored 22 times in 15 editions of this fixture.

8th min.: This has been a quiet start to the game, albeit with plenty of slick passing. Coman finds space inside the Dortmund penalty area on the left and clips an attempted pass behind.

5th min.: Almost a first sight of goal for Haaland, who tries to change on to a low ball through the centre. Neuer is out quickly to claim just inside his penalty area.

3rd min.: Dortmund have looked more dangerous in the early exchanges, Bellingham showing his usual burst of pace in an attempt to rampage through the centre early on. Lewandowski has had a touch just outside the visitors' penalty area in a central position, only managing to poke the ball out of his control.

1st min.: We're underway! Dortmund, in those familiar yellow and black colours, start us off, attacking from left to right. Bayern, in their home kit of red and white, watch their arch-rivals keep the ball for the first minute or so.

5 mins to KO: Here's how some of the players looked a few minutes ago. Legendary goalkeeper and Bayern CEO Oliver Kahn has been shaking hands in the stands. The players are in the tunnel, and both sets of fans are building the cacophony to a crescendo. We're almost ready to go!

10 mins to KO: Such has been Bayern's dominance of German football, it would make a certain sense to expect them to win the title at the first time of asking this evening.

A glance at these teams' records in the calendar year so far suggests it won't be so simple: the rivals have each earned 29 points since the start of 2022, with Bayern scoring two more than Bayern's 33 goals.

20 mins to KO: The away fans are here. Dortmund are unbeaten in seven on their travels in all competitions, winning four times.

30 mins to KO: Stranger things have happened in football than a game involving Lewandowski and Haaland heralding a goalless draw, but it feels less dangerous than usual to suggest that there should be goals today, not least because of the title-winning and party-pooping incentives at stake as Bayern eye a tenth straight title.

For anyone struggling to keep track, Lewandowski has 32 goals so far this season, with Haaland's 18 including two in Dortmund's 6-1 savaging of Wolfsburg last time out. Haaland, on 18 goals, is chasing Patrik Schick, the Leverkusen forward whose 21 goals put him between the Norway sensation and Lewandowski at the top of the Bundesliga charts.

40 mins to KO: Here's how Bayern begin, with Hernandez and Coman in the XI and Lewandowski in attack after he missed training on Thursday.

50 mins to KO: The 106th Bundesliga meeting between these sides sees Bayern on the brink of a record-extending 31st domestic league title. They can only seal it today, though, with a win over their archrivals. Dortmund love winning here under any circumstances, but denying Bayern glory at this stage would enhance BVB's temporary bragging rights, even though only a complete Bayern collapse during their last three matches would give their visitors this evening any hope of the unlikeliest of comebacks at the summit. Here's their starting XI.

1 hour to KO: Welcome to The Sporting News' live coverage as Bayern Munich have their first chance of the season to win the Bundesliga title — a 10th in a row — against closest rivals Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker.

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Ben Miller has been writing about sport for 25 years, following all levels of football as well as boxing, MMA, athletics and tennis. He’s seen five promotions, three relegations, one World Cup winner and home games in at least three different stadiums as a result of his lifelong devotion to Brighton & Hove Albion. His main aim each week is to cover at least one game or event that does not require a last-minute rewrite.