Borussia Dortmund were on course for a famous win in Der Klassiker after Jamie Gittens’s goal, but Jamal Musiala salvaged a 1-1 draw for Bayern Munich late on
It cannot be long until English audiences learn Jamie Gittens’s name. He has been operating on the periphery of consciousness back home but this was some way to illuminate one of Europe’s showpiece occasions. Gittens is only 20 and coming into his own four years after arriving at. His electrifying solo goal before the half-hour seemed to have settled a high-octane clash until Jamal Musiala glanced an equaliser five minutes from the end and maintained Bayern Munich’s unbeaten record.title race.
There was a familiar feeling when Leroy Sané, cutting inside to let rip, forced Gregor Kobel to parry in the seventh minute. Bayern held an early monopoly on possession and invention; Dortmund’s chief outlet lay in the form of Gittens, who twice forced Manuel Neuer into scrappy clearances. It was Pascal Gross, in for Brandt, who found a more threatening position before cutting back behind a frustrated Marcel Sabitzer.
But Dortmund were forcing errors and finding space out wide; they had won all eight of this season’s home games and looked capable of a ninth when Gittens scored. What a moment it was for the youngster, who has been prolific in the Champions League and is hitting his straps domestically. An exhibition of full-throttle forward play began with a spin five yards inside his own half that left Konrad Laimer for dead.
Surely Bayern, ground down by Dortmund’s zeal, could not be as staid again. Four minutes of the second half had passed when Musiala, hitherto quiet, wriggled away in the box and found Müller for what seemed a sure thing. Kobel, though, stood monumentally to make a goal-saving block. Almost immediately, smart action by Laimer denied Gittens a second at the other end.
As the pressure cranked up it became clear they would struggle. Eventually Michael Olise, a substitute, crossed delicately from the right and an unmarked Musiala nodded in. He ran off patting his head in wonder but it was little surprise that Bayern exerted their hold again.
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