Leipzig puts Bayern's title party on ice

May 4, 2025 - 18:42
May 4, 2025 - 18:48
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Leipzig puts Bayern's title party on ice

MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich and Harry Kane's German Bundesliga title party was delayed by at least a day after RB Leipzig's Yussuf Poulsen scored a stoppage-time equalizer in a 3-3 home draw on Saturday.

With Kane sitting in the stands due to a yellow card suspension, Bayern fell two down by half-time, Leipzig scoring twice in teeming rain in Saxony through Benjamin Sesko and Lukas Klostermann.

Bayern then scored twice in 46 seconds through Eric Dier and Michael Olise to level things up with just under 30 minutes remaining.

Leroy Sane looked to have completed the comeback and clinched the title, hitting an unstoppable shot from the right of goal on 83 minutes.

But Poulsen, brought on with 30 minutes to go, chipped the ball over goalkeeper Jonas Urbig in the fifth minute of stoppage time to snatch a draw.

"This sport is fun," said veteran Bayern midfielder Thomas Mueller, who will leave the club in the summer.

"It's a little weird after that late equalizer. I feel like a champion but we're not there quite yet.

"We need to sort out our feelings and make things clear next week."

Despite the draw, defending champions Leverkusen's chances of overtaking Bayern remain close to impossible with two more weekends of the season to come.

Bayern is nine points ahead and have a far superior goal difference advantage over Xabi Alonso's side, who play at Freiburg on Sunday.

Elsewhere, Union Berlin came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home against Werder Bremen, denting the visitors' hopes of European football next season.

Bremen, hoping to return to Europe for the first time in 15 years, were two goals up after a quarter of an hour thanks to a Jens Stage brace. Union's Tom Rothe pulled one back with a header late in the first half and Laszlo Benes scored with six minutes remaining.

Borussia Moenchengladbach's European hopes also took a hit with a wild 4-4 home draw against Hoffenheim.

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