Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Bayern Munich: Five Talking Points

A fiercely contested Der Klassiker couldn't produce a decisive breakthrough as Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich ended up sharing the spoils in an entertaining goalless stalemate.Touted as one of the most pivotal games of the season, hosts Dortmund had a chance to trim the gap at the top to just 2 points with a win, but failed to break down a resilient Bayern backline. At the other end, the visitors had a few chances of their own with which they could have decisively put an end to the league campaign, though some profligacy in the final third kept the scoreline deadlocked.Both sides went hell for leather in search of a breakthrough, but to no avail as the mouth-watering top-of-the-table clash ended honors even. Here are the major talking points from the game.

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Not all goal-less draws are just as entertaining. Today’s Der Klassiker, though, set a benchmark for serving the kind of entertainment despite failing to produce even a single goal.

Both teams, full of firepower, attacked at will whilst also keeping each other at arm’s length with some robust defending. The game got off to a flyer when chances flew right from the get-go and did not fizzle away even till the final whistle.

The German Clasico since the last season had been lopsided and even before a ball was kicked, the winners’ name was on the tin. But this time, it was something different. There was no clear winner heading into the game, and the match was end-to-end with several nerve-jangling moments.

From a parti pris tale to an iffy affair, it was Der Klassiker reloaded!