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Harry Kane’s First League Title Still Not Sealed As Bayern Munich Held To 3-3 Draw By RB Leipzig

Harry Kane’s First League Title Still Not Sealed As Bayern Munich Held To 3-3 Draw By RB Leipzig

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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 equaliser 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 teaming rain in Saxony through Benjamin Sesko and Lucas 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 clinch the title, hitting an unstoppable shot from the right of goal on the 83rd-minute mark.  But Poulsen, subbed on with 30 minutes to go, chipped the ball over Urbig in the fifth minute of stoppage time to snatch a draw.  The result keeps Bayer Leverkusen’s slim chances of defending their Bundesliga title alive.  Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen play at Freiburg on Sunday and need to win their three remaining games, with Bayern, who have a significant goal …

Bayern Munich Held At Union Berlin To Leave Title Door Ajar

Bayern Munich Held At Union Berlin To Leave Title Door Ajar

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Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin on Saturday, giving defending champions Bayer Leverkusen an outside chance of dragging themselves back into the Bundesliga title race. Bayern, who also dropped points in a surprise loss at home to Bochum last week, could be just six points ahead if Leverkusen win at Stuttgart on Sunday.  “It was a game of two stories: the performance and the result,” said Bayern coach Vincent Kompany. “I’ve been in football long enough to know this wasn’t a bad performance away from home. “Sometimes when you don’t score it’s not because the strikers don’t put it in, it’s because the defenders and the keepers do a lot of things right.” Bayern had most of the ball but struggled to break through a resolute Union defence.  With few chances in the opening period, Bayern’s best chance came after 51 minutes when Harry Kane drilled a free-kick through the wall but into the palms of Frederik Ronnow.  Leroy Sane put the visitors ahead after 75 minutes when …

Given ‘Absolute Underdogs’ Tag, Bayern Munich Agitated Ahead Of Bayer Leverkusen Champions League Clash

Given ‘Absolute Underdogs’ Tag, Bayern Munich Agitated Ahead Of Bayer Leverkusen Champions League Clash

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German giants Bayern Munich are irritated by suggestions they are the outsiders in their high-stakes Champions League last 16 tie against Bayer Leverkusen. Bayern host Xabi Alonso‘s defending German champions in Munich on Wednesday, with the return leg the following Tuesday in Leverkusen. With resources and history that dwarf anyone else in Germany, Bayern are almost always the favourites when taking on other German teams, regardless of venue or competition. But pundits and bookmakers alike have tipped Leverkusen to make it through to the quarter finals, raising the ire of the Bavarians, particularly with Munich hosting this year’s final. Since appearing in back-to-back finals in 2012 and 2013, Bayern have only once failed to make it past the last 16 stage in 13 seasons — when they lost to Jurgen Klopp’s eventual champions Liverpool. Bayern powerbroker Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, who alongside Uli Hoeness grew the club into a European powerhouse, said his team felt slighted and would react. “Everyone has declared Bayer Leverkusen the favourite. I know our team — and it pisses them …