Bayern Munich Held At Union Berlin To Leave Title Door Ajar

Bayern Munich have been held to a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin on Saturday, giving defending champions Bayer Leverkusen an out of doors likelihood of dragging themselves again into the Bundesliga title race. Bayern, who additionally dropped factors in a shock loss at dwelling to Bochum final week, may very well be simply six factors forward if Leverkusen win at Stuttgart on Sunday.  “It was a sport of two tales: the efficiency and the consequence,” mentioned Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. “I’ve been in soccer lengthy sufficient to know this wasn’t a foul efficiency away from dwelling.

“Sometimes when you do not rating it is not as a result of the strikers do not put it in, it is as a result of the defenders and the keepers do a variety of issues proper.”

Bayern had a lot of the ball however struggled to interrupt by means of a resolute Union defence. 

With few possibilities within the opening interval, Bayern’s greatest likelihood got here after 51 minutes when Harry Kane drilled a free-kick by means of the wall however into the palms of Frederik Ronnow. 

Leroy Sane put the guests forward after 75 minutes when he skated by means of a crowded penalty space to faucet in a Josip Stanisic move.

Union have been nevertheless the higher crew after the aim and the hosts levelled by means of Benedict Hollerbach, who was on the spot to reap the benefits of an error from inexperienced goalkeeper Jonas Urbig.

Union rose in depth within the dying levels however have been unable to land the killer blow which might have seen them beat Bayern for the primary time of their historical past, on their twelfth try.

Despite hovering dangerously near the relegation spots for a lot of the season, Union have a robust document at dwelling towards the league’s greatest sides. 

Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Eintracht Frankfurt, Mainz, Freiburg and now Bayern have all left Berlin with out successful. 

Union coach Steffen Baumgart credited his facet’s “ardour in defence”, saying the hosts had “received some extent that no person would have anticipated” as they went seven away from the relegation spots.

Mainz draw regardless of pink card

Unlikely Champions League candidates Mainz and Freiburg drew 2-2 draw. Hosts Mainz, lowered to 10 males when Dominik Kohr noticed pink after 43 minutes, twice took the lead however Freiburg equalised each occasions. 

The consequence leaves Mainz third and Freiburg fifth, with neither facet having ever performed within the Champions League.

An Alassane Plea hat-trick took Borussia Moenchengladbach to a 4-2 win at Werder Bremen, retaining the guests on monitor for a return to European soccer. 

Plea’s first-half brace had Gladbach on monitor however Bremen scored twice in seven minutes by means of Romano Schmid and Andre Silva, his first for the membership, to stage issues up at half-time. 

Plea scored simply two minutes into the second half and Germany striker Tim Kleindienst added one other to seal the victory.

Augsburg’s spectacular 2025 continued with a 1-0 dwelling win over Wolfsburg, with Phillip Tietz scoring the one aim. 

Augsburg at the moment are unbeaten in 10 within the league and have conceded simply three targets this calendar 12 months, the bottom mark within the high 5 European leagues.

In Saturday’s late sport, RB Leipzig host Dortmund in a must-win sport for each side’ hopes of reaching subsequent season’s Champions League.

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