Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen Held At Pauli To Put Bayern Munich On Cusp Of Title

Bayer Leverkusen had been held 1-1 at St Pauli on Sunday, leaving Bayern Munich needing simply 5 factors from their remaining 4 video games to win the Bundesliga title. Leverkusen took the lead when Alex Grimaldo floated in a free kick and Patrik Schick jumped excessive to attain after 32 minutes. The guests shut up store within the second half and Pauli laid siege to Leverkusen’s objective. Morgan Guilavogui’s 74th-minute strike appeared to have levelled issues up, nevertheless it was chalked off for handball. 

The hosts saved pushing and scored simply three minutes later, Carlo Boukhalfa tapping in after Lukas Hradecky spilled a nook. 

The end result leaves Bayern eight away from Leverkusen. Bayern  can wrap issues up as early as subsequent week, in the event that they win and Leverkusen lose.

Leverkusen additionally produce other issues, with reviews that supervisor Xabi Alonso, who took the membership to their first-ever German title final season, could possibly be on his technique to Real Madrid in the summertime.

“Mathematically it is not over,” Alonso instructed reporters, “however we all know we hardly have an opportunity,” including his staff had been “merely not adequate” in decisive moments. 

Promoted St Pauli pulled eight factors away from the relegation locations.  Their survival this season has been constructed on a sturdy defence, with solely Bayern and Leverkusen conceding fewer targets.

“We must be sincere, the prospect is gone,” Leverkusen’s Schick instructed DAZN. 

“We’re missing vitality. We’ve already dropped two factors once more. Last season was unimaginable, however this season is sadly totally different.”

Guirassy fires Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund got here from a objective all the way down to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-2, protecting alive their slim hopes of reaching the highest 4.

Serhou Guirassy, who scored a hat-trick in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Barcelona, was once more key, scoring one and organising one other for Dortmund.

“We’re way more safe and way more secure — that is extraordinarily vital,” Pascal Gross instructed DAZN. “We’ve received 4 ‘finals’ to go”.

After a testy opening, Ko Itakura put Gladbach forward after 24 minutes, taking part in a easy one-two with Kevin Stoeger to unlock the Dortmund defence. 

Dortmund hit again with three targets in 9 minutes earlier than half-time. 

Chelsea loanee Carney Chukwuemeka threaded the ball to Pascal Gross whose lateral move discovered Guirassy, who swept residence. 

Chukwuemeka once more began the transfer down the suitable flank, his move reaching Yan Couto who, in flip, discovered Felix Nmecha who scored a carbon copy of the opener. 

Dortmund turned the screw with Daniel Svensson heading in a rebound from a Guirassy shot simply earlier than half-time. 

The guests hit again when Germany striker Tim Kleindienst was felled within the field by Nmecha, with Stoeger making no mistake from the spot. 

Dortmund snuffed out the comeback  and sit seventh, 4 factors off fourth place, having been as little as eleventh. 

Earlier on Sunday, an exhausted Eintracht Frankfurt fought to a scoreless draw at Augsburg, days after their Europa League quarter-final loss to Tottenham.

Augsburg, who’ve climbed the Bundesliga within the second-half of the season. had been the higher facet however couldn’t break down the heavy-legged guests. 

Augsburg peppered Frankfurt’s objective from a collection of corners to shut the first-half however the guests held agency.

The injection of Ansgar Knauff at half-time gave Frankfurt a lift and the previous Borussia Dortmund winger went shut on 70 minutes, just for Augsburg’s Cedric Zesiger to disclaim him with a last-ditch intervention.

Despite the draw, Frankfurt tightened their grip on third, 4 factors away from fifth-placed Freiburg, and are heading in the right direction for his or her highest league end in three many years. 

Finishing within the high 4 would imply Frankfurt qualify for the fashionable Champions League for simply the second time of their historical past, with the primary coming after profitable the Europa League in 2022. They reached the ultimate of the outdated European Cup in 1960.

Augsburg have misplaced simply one in every of their previous 14 league video games, conceding solely seven targets in that run. 

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