Izuchukwu Okosi
AdminBallon d’Or Best Striker winner Robert Lewandowski scored a brace as Bayern Munich opened up a four-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a nervy 3-2 win at second-placed Borussia Dortmund on Saturday evening.
The duo of Julian Brandt and Erling Haaland scored Dortmund’s goals at Signal Iduna Park, but former Dortmund hero Lewandowski netted and converted the winning penalty, either side of a Kingsley Coman goal.
Dortmund coach Marco Rose was shown a red card for his remonstration as the referee awarded a penalty to the German champions after a Mats Hummels handball led to Lewandowski converting the key spot-kick 12 minutes from time.
This was Bayern’s seventh straight win over Dortmund, including five Bundesliga victories and two German Super Cup triumphs.
Dortmund were unhappy to not be awarded a penalty after Marco Reus appeared to be fouled just before Lewandowski’s crucial spot kick.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
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