A dogged defensive efficiency from Bayern Munich saved a dominant Bayer Leverkusen at bay in a 0-0 away draw on Saturday which preserved their eight-point lead on high of the German Bundesliga. The consequence, simply the fifth time Bayern have dropped factors in 22 league video games this season, retains them firmly on observe to win again the title from Leverkusen with 12 video games remaining. Calling the draw “fortunate”, Bayern captain Manuel Neuer stated “we’re happy with the consequence, as an instance it like that.” Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso insisted the “season isn’t over but”.
“We did the whole lot, apart from scoring a aim. For the desk, it wasn’t sufficient,” he added.
Leverkusen dominated the opening half however have been unable to transform a number of probabilities, with Alonso electing to go away each strikers Patrik Schick and Victor Boniface on the bench.
Jeremie Frimpong headed in opposition to the bar 21 minutes in after some intelligent work from Florian Wirtz down the left.
Nathan Tella, scorer of the winner between these two sides within the German Cup in December, blasted in opposition to the bar from shut vary when one-on-one with Neuer 4 minutes later.
Neuer was virtually caught out on the Thirty third-minute mark when he ventured out of the penalty space, however Wirtz’s long-range effort from deep curled simply large.
Leverkusen once more dominated the ball within the second half however couldn’t discover a means by.
Wirtz had an opportunity within the last minute to grab a win, however his close-range effort went centimetres large of the submit.
Dortmund ‘horror’ continues
Borussia Dortmund’s slide continued with a 2-0 loss at lowly Bochum.
The hosts, who began the sport in final place, grabbed management within the first half when winter mortgage signing Georgios Masouras scored two targets in three minutes.
Masouras tapped in a low Philipp Hofmann shot from shut vary after 33 minutes after which pounced on a horrible back-pass from Niklas Suele to double the lead two minutes later.
Dortmund have misplaced 5 of their previous seven and sit eleventh.
“We want to show issues round quickly,” Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck stated. “It’s turning into a horror season.”
Stuttgart didn’t reap the benefits of fourth-placed Leipzig’s scoreless draw at Augsburg on Friday, giving up a one-goal result in lose 2-1 at house in opposition to Wolfsburg.
Stuttgart’s Nick Woltemade got here off the bench to place the hosts forward after 72 minutes with an excellent solo aim, however Wolfsburg hit again 5 minutes later when Tiago Tomas tapped in a Mohamed Amoura help.
With 5 minutes remaining, Stuttgart’s Josha Vagnoman dealt with the ball within the field, bringing Amoura to the spot.
The Algerian nervelessly transformed to seize all three factors and carry the guests to eighth, protecting alive their hopes of European soccer for the primary time since 2022.
Freiburg overcame a poor first-half penalty miss from Vincenzo Grifo to win 1-0 at St Pauli because of an personal aim from Philipp Treu with two minutes remaining.
Grifo tried a Panenka from the spot within the forty fifth minute however his limp effort was simply saved. Freiburg have missed all 4 penalties they’ve been awarded this season within the league.
In the dying levels, Treu, a former Freiburg participant, diverted a shot into his personal web. The guests climbed to fifth on the desk.
First half targets from Lukas Ullrich and Tim Kleindienst took Borussia Moenchengladbach to seventh with a 2-1 win at Union Berlin, who pulled one again from the spot within the second half by Andrej Ilic.
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