Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich had been held to a 2-2 house draw with Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, failing to benefit from Bayer Leverkusen’s slip-up earlier within the day. After defending champions Leverkusen had been held to a 0-0 draw at house to Union Berlin, Bayern knew a win would have moved them eight factors clear with 5 video games to play. Dortmund took the lead by means of Maximilian Beier within the forty eighth minute however Bayern hit again with two targets in 4 minutes, earlier than Waldemar Anton equalised for the guests with quarter-hour remaining.
“We’ve moved a step nearer to the championship and we have proven we will create loads of alternatives,” stated Bayern veteran Thomas Mueller, who will go away the membership after 25 years on the finish of the season.
“That ought to assist us within the Champions League on Wednesday,” Mueller added of subsequent week’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at Inter Milan, with Bayern going through a 2-1 first-leg deficit,
“(We want) to be extra scientific,” stated Harry Kane. “We’ll have alternatives, it is about taking them in the proper moments.”
Usually the standout fixture on the German soccer calendar, the excitement across the match was comparatively muted.
The guests, who path Barcelona 4-0 of their Champions League quarter-final, arrived in Munich sitting 9 spots and 27 factors behind within the desk.
Bayern, enduring an harm disaster, had been camped out close to Dortmund’s field for nearly all the first half.
Visiting goalkeeper Gregor Kobel wanted to snuff out massive possibilities for Kane and Michael Olise.
Seemingly on the ropes at half-time, Dortmund opened the scoring three minutes into the second interval, Beier heading between Bayern goalkeeper Jonas Urbig’s legs to complete off a counter-attack.
With Dortmund within the ascendancy and probing for a second, Kompany introduced on Serge Gnabry and the transfer labored a deal with.Â
The former Arsenal winger created the equaliser for former Dortmund midfielder Raphael Guerreiro on 65 minutes after which scored a aim of his personal 4 minutes later, slaloming by means of the visiting defence earlier than hammering house.
Dortmund hit again to stage once more when Anton knocked in a rebound from a Serhou Guirassy shot.
Bayern stay six factors forward of Leverkusen and shutting in on regaining the title.
Nursing an ongoing Achilles harm, Bayern centre-back Kim Min-jae was substituted within the second half, leaving the Bavarians with only one match central defender.
Leverkusen held at house
Despite welcoming again star midfielder Florian Wirtz from a foot harm, Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen lacked fluency in assault, carving out few clear-cut alternatives in opposition to Union Berlin.
Wirtz got here on after 57 minutes and regardless of giving his aspect an preliminary enhance, was unable to interrupt down Union’s defence.Â
Granit Xhaka had a free-kick from the sting of the field in stoppage time however blasted his shot nicely over the bar.
“We’re dropping too many factors at house,” Leverkusen captain Hradecky stated.
“Mathematically there is a small probability (of defending the title), however the likelihood has decreased.”
The draw continues a poor April for final season’s unbeaten home double winners, who had been eradicated from the German Cup semi-finals by third-division Arminia Bielefeld.
The draw lifted Union to 34 factors, 12 away from the relegation play-off spot.
The Berliners have taken 11 factors from an unbeaten five-game run in opposition to Leverkusen, Bayern, Eintracht Frankfurt, Freiburg and Wolfsburg.
Borussia Moenchengladbach’s hopes of returning to the Champions League took a success with a 2-1 house loss to Freiburg.
Freiburg snatched all three factors when Johan Manzambi scored a Ninetieth-minute header, permitting the guests to leapfrog their opponents into sixth.
Augsburg continued their sturdy 2025 with a 2-1 win at lowly Bochum, climbing previous Dortmund into eighth. Augsburg have solely misplaced considered one of their previous 13 video games.
Elsewhere, Hoffenheim took a step in the direction of beating the drop with a 2-0 house win over Champions League hopefuls Mainz, with Andrej Kramaric scoring a brace.
St Pauli additionally boosted their hopes of top-division soccer subsequent season with a 2-1 win over fellow promoted aspect Holstein Kiel.
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