Dortmund 1-3 Bayern in the 2021 German DFL Supercup
Lewandowski put Bayern in front shortly before half-time, before Thomas Muller added a second after the restart. Marco Reus pulled a goal back for the hosts at Signal Iduna Park in 64 minutes.
But Lewandowski restored his side's two-goal lead 10 minutes later with his 24th strike against his former club. The Poland international spent four years at Dortmund between 2010 and 2014.
The German Super Cup is contested between the champions of the Bundesliga, which Bayern won for a record-extending ninth time in a row last year, and the DFB-Pokal winners.
Dortmund's 16-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko thought he had scored, but the goal was ruled out for offside, and Neuer produced another great save to deny Erling Haaland after Kingsley Coman flashed a shot just wide at the other end.
Lewandowski finally made the breakthrough before half-time when he surged through the middle to meet Serge Gnabry's cross with a thumping header inside the left post.
Dortmund's defence switched off for Bayern's second in the 49th minute, set up by Alphonso Davies and scored by Muller after Lewandowski's heel took the ball past Gregory Kobel in goal.
Haaland had a goal ruled out for offside in response, but Reus got the home fans going again just after the hour. Bellingham laid the ball back, and the Dortmund captain struck a perfect curling shot from outside the penalty area inside the right post.
Lewandowski dashed Dortmund's hopes of a comeback; however, when Corentin Tolisso blocked Manuel Akanji's attempt to kick out, Lewandowski had all the time he needed to pick his spot.
"Gutted I couldn't get my hands on the trophy, just like the lads are," said Bellingham, who was unstoppable at times for Dortmund. "We'll definitely use it to motivate us in the coming weeks. Now that the game is done, we want to focus on the next one."
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