Bayern Munich win Der Klassiker and extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga. Joshua Kimmich scored with a long-range lob to give Bayern Munich a 1-0 win over closest rival Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday, putting the team a huge step closer to claiming a record-extending eighth consecutive Bundesliga title.

Kimmich collected the ball outside the area and chipped it over Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki minutes before the break. It was enough for Bayern to stretch its lead to seven points over Dortmund with six games of the season remaining. Dortmund had a chance to cut the lead to one point with a win, but Bayern has only dropped points once in the last 11 games.

Canadian international Alphonso Davies started at left back for Bayern and played the entire game. Davies used his remarkable speed to prevent a first-half goal, running from the centre of the field to chase down Erling Haaland and win the ball as the Dortmund striker was advancing alone on the Bayern net.

Davies, from Edmonton, was coming off a stellar performance in a 5-2 rout of Eintract Frankfurt on Saturday in which he scored and set up another goal.

It was an eerily quiet meeting between the Bundesliga rivals as the shouts from players and coaches, and the thud of the ball being kicked around, could be heard clearly in Dortmund’s almost-empty 80,000-capacity Westfalenstadion.

The Bundesliga, which resumed after a two-month coronavirus-induced suspension on May 16, is being played without fans and amid strict hygiene measures for the rest of season.