Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made the game safe in the 62nd minute, pulling out a Spiderman mask from his sock to celebrate
Henrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring as Borussia Dortmund got the better of FC Bayern for the second year running in the Supercup
- Former BVB striker Robert Lewandowski found chances at a premium on his return to SignalIduna Park
The final scoreline certainly didn’t flatter Jürgen Klopp’s men, who defended their crown with consummate ease courtesy of goals in each half from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Defensive wobbles
Bayern made the brighter start at the venue of last year’s Supercup reverse, with the clock showing just 120 seconds when Dortmund custodian Mitch Langerak was called into action to beat away Xherdan Shaqiri’s stinging drive. A misplaced pass from David Alaba offered up the holders their first sight of goal seven minutes later, but Supercup debutant Ciro Immobile failed to find the target from 18 yards.
To the backdrop of a capacity crowd, the defensive nerves showed no sign of abating as Javi Martinez went within a Manuel Neuer goalline clearance of putting the ball through his own net. Dortmund were beginning to find joy in behind the visitors’ roaming wing backs, but the Bayern stopper was once again equal to the task to deny Oliver Kirch following Lukasz Piszczek’s penetrating foray down the right-hand side.
Mkhitaryan opener
The signs were there for Pep Guardiola’s men as BVB summer signing Matthias Ginter rose unchallenged to guide a Jonas Hofmann corner straight at the goalkeeper, before Mkhitaryan drove through the midfield, collected a loose ball and volleyed the dominant hosts into a deserved 23rd-minute lead. Martinez’s enforced withdrawal didn’t help matters for the 2013/14 double winners, who had Neuer to thank for not going in at the break even further behind.
Robert Lewandowski had cut a lonely figure in his first outing on Dortmund soil since leaving the club for the Allianz Arena in July and when the Pole’s one and only chance presented itself early in the second half, his touch evaded him. Guardiola had already thrown on Philipp Lahm at half time, but neither he nor fellow FIFA World Cup-winning substitute Mario Götze could turn the tide in Bayern’s favour.
Spiderman’s web
Dortmund made the contest safe shortly after the hour-mark when Aubameyang combined with Piszczek, racing into the box to nod home the Dortmund right-back’s perfectly waited return cross, before pulling a Spiderman mask out from his sock to celebrate in a moment of pure Supercup gold.
A rasping Alaba free-kick was the best response Bayern could muster as die Schwarz-Gelben made it back-to-back Supercup triumphs for the second time in their history and a competition-leading fifth title overall, ensuring Guardiola's wait to lift the Bundesliga season's traditional curtain-raising trophy goes on.
Line-ups:
Dortmund: Langerak - Piszczek, Sokratis, Ginter, Schmelzer (Durm 46’) - Kehl, Kirch (S. Bender 85') - Hofmann, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang (Ramos 63’) - Immobile
Bayern: Neuer - Boateng, Martinez (Dante 31’), Alaba - Hojbjerg (Götze 58’), Rode, Gaudino, Bernat - Müller (Lahm 46’), Lewandowski, Shaqiri
Goals: 1-0 Mkhitaryan (23’), 2-0 Aubameyang (62’)
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