Overview

• FC Bayern beat Borussia Dortmund 2:1 in Munich and have won all eleven competitive matches this season to lead the Bundesliga.
• Harry Kane defended the physical play before his decisive goal as normal shielding, while Dortmund players and coaches questioned the contact and refereeing.
• TV expert Dietmar Hamann cautioned that Bayern’s success relies on a high running load and questioned whether a small squad can sustain this level through the congested schedule.
• Interim coaches Petrik Sander and Pascal Ibold helped 1. FC Magdeburg to a 0:0 at Darmstadt, securing the club’s first clean sheet in about six months and stabilizing the defense.
• Separately, police searched a property in Tauche in the 2019 disappearance of Rebecca and said they are investigating a suspected homicide focusing on her brother-in-law, who remains presumed innocent.