Football: Bayern at home, losing ground against Dortmund

BERLIN: Bayern Munich have posted a late equalizer in Saturday's (3 November) 1-1 draw against Freiburg, leaving them four points behind Borussia Dortmund ahead of the Bundesliga next weekend.

After a 2-1 victory in the German Cup against part-time fourth-row Roedinghausen, Bayern once again fought against the Allianz Arena – exactly one week before ending up against the leader, Dortmund, in a clash at the top of the table. .

"We have not had our best football for weeks, and when that happens things do not go as smoothly as usual," said Bayern captain Manuel Neuer.

It was the first time that Friborg had left Munich with one point since 1997.

It took 80 minutes for Bayern's star striker to come out of the stalemate when Serge Gnabry crossed the defense and shot his low shot in the bottom right corner.

However, Friborg showed its heart when Lucas Hoeler took 89 minutes to equalize between Bayern's central defenders, Niklas Suele and Jerome Boateng, and Munich head coach Niko Kovac shook his head in frustration.

"Things would have been a lot easier if" Lewy "(Robert Lewandowski) missed his chance," said Kovac after Lewandowski spoiled several chances.

"The second half was hectic, we are disappointed."

Borovia Moenchengladbach could be second in Bayern, beating Fortuna Duesseldorf on Sunday in second place.

Dortmund restored their four-point lead over Bayern with a 1-0 win at Wolfsburg. The captain of the club, Marco Reus, was at the head of his winner in the first half.

Injuries to Lukasz Piszczek and Marcel Schmelzer forced Dortmund to reshuffle his defense and fight to end his chances.

English winger Jadon Sancho, 18, who has already scored six goals in the league this season, has pulled another superb center since the left wing as Thomas Delaney headed towards Reus, who led the ball inside the pole after 28 minutes.

It was Dortmund's 30th goal in their 10th league game, but the performance was far from perfect for the leaders.

Dortmund striker Paco Alcacer, in his first match after an injury, was unable to complete his score after scoring seven goals in his first four Bundesliga games.

Nelson shines in the streets

After two huge victories on the road, Bayer Leverkusen, who defeated Werder Bremen 6-2 last Sunday and beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 5-0 in the German Cup in the middle of the week, lost 4-1 at home against Hoffenheim, including the Brazilian. Striker Joelinton scored twice.

English teenager Reiss Nelson, on loan from Arsenal, was again a murderer on the right wing. The 18-year-old scored his fifth goal in just six Bundesliga games, this time on the periphery in 19 minutes.

Leverkusen winger Karim Bellarabi sent Germany's head coach Joachim Loew, recalling his talent for equalization, sent home from a tight angle at the end from half an hour. Loew is appointing his team for the next games against Russia and the Netherlands next week.

However, the scores were leveled for just four minutes.

Joelinton led Hoffenheim back into the lead pack before winning a penalty kick, converted by Italian midfielder Vincenzo Grifo in 49 minutes to make it 3-1.

Joelinton completed the rout 17 minutes from the end by sending Grifo's last home pass to keep up pressure on Leverkusen coach Heiko Herrlich.

Meanwhile, Schalke is preparing for the Champions League clash on Tuesday against Galatasaray with a 3-1 win over Hanover thanks to goals from Nabil Bentelab, Mark Uth and Breel Embolo.

Uth, who had clearly rejected his penalty call, won the kick that Bentaleb converted just after the break and then sent his own goal back in the 85th minute for his first Schalke goal since signing the Summer in Hoffenheim.

He finished 2-2 in the Bavarian derby in Augsburg in the middle of the table while the wrestlers at Nuremberg scored a point on the outside.