Bayern Munich boss Vincent Kompany wished to see extra management from his staff in Saturday’s 2-2 draw with Borussia Dortmund.
The 2 rivals served up an exhilarating Klassiker at Allianz Enviornment, the place all 4 targets got here within the second half.
After falling behind to Maximilian Beier’s header, Bayern hit again with quickfire targets from Raphael Guerreiro and Serge Gnabry.
But Waldemar Anton was available to equaliser for Dortmund quickly after, because the factors had been in the end shared.
Bayer Leverkusen’s failure to beat Union Berlin means Bayern sit six factors clear on the prime of the Bundesliga with 5 video games remaining.
However Kompany was not impressed with how his staff relinquished management after Dortmund’s opener.
“Till the primary purpose, we created probabilities, and the sport was kind of constructive for us,” Kompany mentioned.
“After the primary purpose it grew to become a cup recreation. I’d purchase a ticket to look at a recreation like this, however as a coach, you need a little bit bit extra management.
“However we wished to be six factors forward of Leverkusen on the finish of the weekend, and we now have that.”
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Bayern completed with a whopping 28 photographs, with 11 of these on course, although their 1.97 anticipated targets was solely marginally higher than Dortmund’s 1.5.
Dortmund are actually unbeaten in three Bundesliga matches, and sit six factors again from the Champions League qualification locations.
BVB have picked up 13 factors from their final seven Bundesliga video games, whereas Bayern have collected 14.
“We achieved what we wished: we wished to be stable and defend effectively. Within the first half, that was okay, however I wasn’t glad with the soccer,” mentioned Niko Kovac, who was going up towards his former membership.
“Within the second half, we got here out effectively and scored to make it 1-0. Then we noticed a superb recreation from each groups, with probabilities right here and there. We’re glad and hope to construct on that within the upcoming video games.”
Whereas Bayern head to Inter nonetheless in with an opportunity of progressing to the Champions League semi-finals, Dortmund’s European hopes are bleak following final week’s 4-0 loss to Barcelona.
“We’ve a troublesome recreation on Tuesday,” mentioned Kovac. “We all know the state of affairs. We wish to win that recreation.
“[In the Bundesliga] I hope to proceed this run [with two wins and a draw from the last three matches],” he mentioned. “We nonetheless have factors to earn.”
