revenge on Bayern Munich for their
Champions League final defeat with a
4-2 win in a gripping German Super
Cup encounter on Saturday.
Dortmund, undone 2-1 at Wembley and
distant runners-up to champions Bayern
in the Bundesliga, deprived new Bayern
coach Pep Guardiola of his first piece of
silverware and inflicted his first loss since
the former Barcelona boss took over from
Jupp Heynckes.
The home side took a sixth-minute lead,
largely due to a mistake by Bayern keeper
Tom Starke, who after a poor clearance
was unable to keep out Marco Reus's
diving header.
Dortmund thought they'd gone two goals
clear minutes later only for striker Robert
Lewandowski's effort to be ruled offside.
Bayern showed plenty of attacking intent
without reward in an evenly matched first
half as Arjen Robben, Thiago Alcantra and
Mario Mandzukic were kept at bay by
Dortmund's defence.
At the restart Dortmund coach Jurgen
Klopp made a straight switch in midfield,
Sven Bender replaced by Sebastian Kehl.
The match, in front of a sell-out 80,645
crowd, then exploded, with three goals in
the space of as many minutes.
First up was Robben, whose late
intervention had settled the Champions
League final, levelled with a header by
the far post after a fine cross from Philipp
Lahm.
Seconds later, down at the other end, an
almighty mix up resulted in Bayern
defender Daniel van Buyten's back header
slipping past a distraught Starke, standing
in for the injured Manuel Neuer, to put
Dortmund back in front.
And then to Bayern's disbelief Dortmund
stretched their advantage when Ilkay
Gundogan curled a shot from the edge of
the box into the bottom corner.
The game had barely time to draw breath
when Robben gave fresh hope to Bayern
after the hour, the Dutch star linking up
well with Lahm for the game's fourth goal
inside ten minutes.
Borussia's new signing, attacking
midfielder Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
from Saint Etienne, made his debut in
place of Jakub Blaszczykowski for the
closing 20 minutes.
Thomas Muller hit the bar for Bayern but
Dortmund snatched a fourth via Reus, set
up by Aubameyang, the pulsating win
giving Klopp's side a timely boost ahead
of the start of the new Bundesliga
campaign on August 9.
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