Borussia Dortmund were utterly outclassed as they dropped back to second place in the Bundesliga table following a 5-0 humbling at the hands of rivals Bayern Munich.
They hit the post early on but were then nowhere to be seen as Bayern were 4-0 up at the break through goals for former players Mats Hummels and Robert Lewandowski, the others coming from Javi Martinez and Serge Gnabry.
Gnabry then teed up Lewandowski to seal an embarrassing defeat at the death, leaving Lucien Favre’s side in the familiar position of looking up at their illustrious rivals from second place.
Here we rate the Dortmund players. Spoiler, it’s not pretty reading:
BORUSSIA DORTMUND (4-3-3)
Lewandowski scored his 13th goal against his old club.
Roman Burki – 8: Excellent stop from Lewandowski kept rampant Bayern at bay, then tipped over Muller’s header. Could have been a farcical scoreline were it not for several top stops from the Swiss.
Lukasz Piszczek – 4: Couldn’t climb high enough to challenge Hummels. Roasted often by Coman’s blistering pace. Led side with seven tackles. A fading force.
Manuel Akanji – 3: Hopelessly stuck hand up for offside for Gnabry’s goal when he simply failed to follow him. Out of his depth. Five clearances led BVB.
Dan-Axel Zagadou – 2: Horrendous error allowed Lewandowski an opportunity. Unforgivable. Then shown yellow for bringing down the Bayern frontman. Hooked at the break.
Abdou Diallo – 4: On the ground, brought the ball out well. In the air, looked like he believed jumping had been outlawed. Led side with three interceptions.
Mahmoud Dahoud – 4: Only scored one goal for BVB and it showed as he struck the post when he really should have scored. Overawed, match summed up when playing a through ball to Reus who was yards offside.
Axel Witsel – 5: Enjoying a fine season but marooned in a Dortmund midfield that was simply outmuscled and outmanoeuvred. Worryingly unable to exert any influence.
Thomas Delaney – 5 Alert to hook clear Coman’s low centre. Busy but struggled to contain Munich’s marauding forwards. Booked for cynical foul on Lewandowski.
Jadon Sancho – 4: Looked nervous. Switched from right to left but made little difference, and he made little impact. 66.7 per cent pass accuracy in first half improved to 75 but a tough day at the office.
Marco Reus – 5: An anonymous performance from the captain, but with Bayern relentless and Dortmund penned in from the off, was always fighting losing battle.
Jacob Bruun Larsen – 3: Linked up well with Reus to fashion Dahoud chance. But failed to track Muller in lead-up to killer third goal. Four unskilled touches. Not his best day.
SUBS
Julian Weigl – 7: Replaced the hopeless Zagadou and at least tried to restore some semblance of order.
Mario Gotze – 6: Coming on against his old club 4-0 down was not ideal. One of only four Dortmund players to have a shot.
Marius Wolf – 6: Replaced exhausted Piszczek, with game well out of his side’s reach.
