An exquisite chip from Joshua Kimmich all but sealed an eighth Bundesliga title for Bayern Munich on Tuesday evening after Hansi Flick's men raced seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table.
While Borussia Dortmund showed glimpses of quality against their old rivals, it just wasn't their day – especially when their biggest stars failed to turn up.
But aside from the result, what else should be taken from Der Klassiker? Here are five things we learned from Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga clash with Bayern Munich.
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Jadon Sancho looks way off the pace
With the eyes of the football world glued to this game, English football fans will have been left bitterly disappointed by Jadon Sancho's display in the second half.
Clearly struggling with fitness issues, Lucien Favre decided to give the Brit just 45 minutes of Dortmund's biggest game this season.
But in a whole half of football, Sancho struggled to make any real impact on the game, while showing a lack of experience against the most dominant side in Bundesliga's recent history.
Fans on social media noticed his lack of match fitness, too, with one Twitter user even going as far to label the 20-year-old as 'unprofessional'.
They wrote: 'Sancho is unprofessional. How can he lose fitness within two months when others have kept on top of theirs. That's what Ole wants?'
Jadon Sancho looked off the pace and struggled to make an impact after coming on as a sub
Tuesday saw Sancho make his third straight cameo appearance from the substitutes' bench having struggled with a calf issue before the Bundesliga made its grand return. However, if the £100million-rated winger was fully fit it would've been a different story, according to Owen Hargreaves.
The 39-year-old told BT Sport: 'Jadon coming off the bench in three straight games, if he's fit, which he must be because he was on the bench, they're going to have to start him.
'You can see what he can do, he can decide a game in the blink of an eye. A couple lovely touches came from Sancho, he would have made such a difference if he had started the game.
'I know Dortmund were in a good run of form coming into this but you need your best ones to play and he's definitely one of their best. Jadon was smart to play near Achraf Hakimi who is an outstanding full-back, the pair of them are devastating when they get going.'
Alphonso Davies is a 'cheat code'
While one highly-rated youngster failed to turn up. in Sancho, Bayern's Canadian starlet Alphonso Davies earned rave reviews.
Davies, who made his senior debut for Bayern earlier this season, is already looking like a world-beater and his performance against Dortmund saw him stand out above the rest.
The 19-year-old showed bundles of energy, marauding up and down the left-hand side for the German champions, while he denied Erling Haaland a goal with a last-ditch recovering challenge during the first half.
Alphonso Davies received rave reviews after starring in Bayern's 1-0 win over Dortmund
Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku was thoroughly impressed with Davies following his performance
With pace to burn, the Ghana-born winger was described as a 'cheat code' by Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku, while Thomas Muller hilariously compared him to the Looney Tunes character 'Road Runner' in his post-match interview.
Muller said: 'Alphonso is a player with a lot of heart and a lot of power. Extreme power.
'Sometimes he's not in the best position on the field but he's gets to the opponent when they think "oh, I have time!" and then, meep, meep, meep, meep, the Road Runner comes and steals the ball.'
.@esmuellert_: – When the opponent thinks he has time... then «meep meep meep» – the FC Bayern roadrunner @AlphonsoDavies comes ahead.
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