Erling Haaland brace not enough as Borussia Dortmund are beaten by Bayern Munich

Robert Lewandowski scored a hat-trick to lead Bayern Munich to a come from behind 4-2 win over Borussia Dortmund in the latest edition of Der Klassiker. The win helped the Bavarians make it five wins in a row over the Black and Yellows, and helped them stay two points clear of RB Leipzig at the top of the Bundesliga standings.

Erling Haaland had earlier gotten Borussia Dortmund off to a dream start. The striker scored a brace inside the opening ten minutes, as Dortmund took advantage of some poor Bayern defending early on. Thomas Meunier had a golden chance to then set Haaland up for his hat-trick, but he failed to find the striker with the goal gaping.

And Bayern took full advantage of Meunier’s poor pass, with Lewandowski pulling a goal back almost immediately after.

Mahmoud Dahoud then fouled Kingsley Coman inside the box, resulting in a penalty for Bayern in the 44th minute. Lewandowski made no mistake from the spot to bring Bayern level going into the break.

Borussia Dortmund then suffered another injury blow in the second half, with Erling Haaland going off after getting on the end of a nasty challenge from Jerome Boateng. The short-handed away side tried to defend with resolve as they looked to come away with a point.

But they just simply couldn’t cope with the intense Bayern pressure in the end, as two late goals handed the home side a 4-2 win.

Although Borussia Dortmund will certainly feel hard done by, as Marco Reus was denied a penalty after being fouled inside the box in the second half with the scores level at 2-2. While Emre Can was fouled in the build-up to Leon Goretzka’s goal, which gave Bayern the lead in the 88th minute. Lewandowski then made it 4-2 just a minute later to add to Dortmund’s woes.

The defeat sees Borussia Dortmund drop down to sixth place in the Bundesliga standings. They are now four points behind fourth placed Eintracht Frankfurt, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Stuttgart earlier on Saturday.

Another massive game awaits Edin Terzic’s side on Tuesday, with Sevilla set to visit the Westfalenstadion for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie.