They made the Borussia Dortmund Twitter account regret one particularly premature tweet, too.

Bayern Munich bounced back from defeat to Borussia Dortmund a week ago with a 2-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen which cemented second place in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Louis van Gaal deems it a work in progress and he is right. Manchester United still look well short of the team that considered they had few equals at home or abroad in their pomp under Alex Ferguson but having gone top of the Premier League they have also now secured opening win in the Champions League.

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An Arjen Robben goal in the 69th minute was enough to decide the Bavarian derby in favour of Bayern Munich and take them to within three points of Borussia Dortmund at the top of the Bundesliga.