Berlin, May 28 (TIWN) Leaders Bayern Munich have opened up a seven-point gap at the top of the standings after Joshua Kimmich's sole goal was enough to down runners-up Borussia Dortmund 1-0 at the curtain raiser of the 28th round in Bundesliga.

On Tuesday, the "BVB" started brightly at home and should have opened the scoring with less than a minute played but Erling Haaland nutmegged Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer just to see Jerome Boateng clear the ball off the goal line, reports Xinhua news agency.

Bayern needed some time to gain a foothold into the clash meanwhile Dortmund got another chance on target through Julian Brandt in the 4th minute.

As the match progressed, the German giants assumed control and had a promising effort on target from Serge Gnabry, whose shot was defused by Lukasz Piszczek on the goal line with 19 minutes played.

Every now and again Dortmund broke through but they lacked in accuracy besides Bayern''s defence was always alert as long as Haaland approached the goal.

The visitors eventually broke the deadlock before the break as Hansi Flick''s men pressed Dortmund into the defense allowing Kimmich to chip the ball from the edge of the box over custodian Roman Burki, who got his fingertips on the ball but was caught flat footed.