Weakened or not, Guardiola is not counting on Dortmund throwing away the derby in favour of progressing in the Europa League after their 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the first leg of the quarter-finals on Thursday.
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Pep Guardiola is not concerned by Bayern Munich’s lack of goals in recent games as they attempt to take another step towards the Bundesliga title against Stuttgart.
But some awful defending in the box saw Daniel Didavi, on the ground, chip the ball over keeper Manuel Neuer to cut the deficit and set up a dramatic finale.
David Alaba and Douglas Costa were among the goals for Bayern Munich, as they secured a 3-1 win over Stuttgart at the Mercedes Benz Arena.
The victory stretched Bayern’s remarkable winning streak over Stuttgart to 15 games, the home side’s last victory over the reigning Bundesliga champions coming all the way back in March 2010.
The goal came despite Didavi being flat on the turf, when the ball fell into his path after a mistimed clearance by Munich striker Robert Lewandowski.
Moritz Hartmann scored late for Ingolstadt to shock Borussia Moenchengladbach 1-0 and deal a blow to the visitors’ hopes of Champions League football.
Alaba gave the visitors some breathing space, displaying good ball control to play it through Toni Sunjic’s legs before beating Tyton at his near post.
Didavi got the home fans off their seats with his unusual goal, and Thiago forced Tyton to produce an outstanding save to tip his effort onto the crossbar, before Costa finally settled the issue. Bayern would not want to part with the player and they have no reason to either, since Vidal still has three years remaining in his current contract.
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Augsburg escaped the bottom three, and dropped opponents Werder Bremen into the relegation places, with a 2-1 win in north Germany as South Korea defender Hong Jeong-Ho scored their dramatic 87th-minute victor.
