Bayern Munich could not have hoped for a more emphatic return to form on Saturday. They welcomed apparent title rivals Borussia Dortmund to the Allianz Arena and quickly reverted back to their traditional role as Bundesliga champions-elect – perennial architects of doom for any domestic rival that dare question their authority.
It was fitting their new head coach, Thomas Tuchel, enjoyed a perfect start to life in Munich through the clinical finishing of Thomas Müller, whose back-post finish and instinctual rebound scored the second and third goals, after an opening howler from the Dortmund keeper, Gregor Kobel. Not only had Müller been marginalised by Tuchel’s predecessor, Julian Nagelsmann, but he was also one of a handful of senior figures within the Bayern squad who remained unconvinced by the young manager.
