Robert Lewandowski believes Bayern Munich will have found their top form within "a few months" after beating Borussia Dortmund on penalties to win the DFL-Supercup following a dreadful pre-season.
Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, deputising for the injured Manuel Neuer, was the hero for Bayern with penalty saves from Sebastian Rode and Marc Bartra after a 2-2 draw in regulation time at Signal Iduna Park.
Carlo Ancelotti's side twice found themselves behind in the curtain-raising Klassiker, with Lewandowski cancelling out Christian Pulisic's opener and Roman Burki's unfortunate late own goal meaning Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was unable to call himself the match-winner.
"I'm very glad about the victory, it is the first title," he told Bayern's official website.
"We turned in a very good display. We made a few mistakes but it is the first match of the season.
"We have to step it up even more now. I'm sure everything will be going perfectly in a few months. We will surely be as strong as in the last or the second-to-last year.
"It was a different kind of preparation for us, but now we had a little more time to train, and I'm very happy that we won the first title."
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Lewandowski's team-mate Thomas Muller added: "It was a good thing to win again, especially here in Dortmund – it is about prestige.
"It was great that Ulle gave us two saves in the penalty shoot-out, but there is always luck involved."
Bayern face third-tier Chemnitzer in the DFB-Pokal next Saturday, before opening their Bundesliga title defence at home to Bayer Leverkusen on August 18.
