Klassiker rivals Dortmund and Bayern have played out many a humdinger down the years
Klassiker rivals Dortmund and Bayern have played out many a humdinger down the years

Bayern vs Dortmund: A short history of one-upmanship

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Cologne - Rivalries are the lifeblood of any sport, but few pump the veins and flood the capillaries like Klassiker adversaries FC Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund.

The unbridled sense of one-upmanship between the two has been at the forefront of German football fans' collective imagination for a number of years now and will once again go under the microscope in Matchday 8's highly anticipated showdown at the Allianz Arena.

Until then, allow bundesliga.com to get the juices flowing with a trip down Klassiker memory lane...

Christopher Mayer-Lodge

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