2023-12-03 21:12:18
With a goal from Victor Boniface at the start of the last ten minutes, Bayer Leverkusen snatched a draw against Borussia Dortmund (1-1) and remains undefeated in the Bundesliga, but sees its leading position threatened by Bayern.
On the evening of the 13th day, Xabi Alonso’s men have 35 points out of 39 possible. Out of 20 matches played this season, they have won 18 times, and have only conceded a draw against Bayern Munich (2-2) and Borussia Dortmund (1-1).
They are three points ahead of Bayern (32) who were unable to play their match on Saturday afternoon against the red lantern Union Berlin, due to very heavy snowfall in the Bavarian capital in the night from Friday to Saturday (44 cm).
The Munich residents are thus within reach of Leverkusen, because they have a better overall goal difference (+34 against +27). The new date of the meeting has not yet been communicated.
The poster for this 13th day kept all its promises with a goal in the 5th minute for Borussia Dortmund from left back Julian Ryerson. The Norwegian took advantage of the pivotal work with his back to the goal of center forward Niclas Füllkrug.
Subsequently, Leverkusen dominated, putting Dortmund goalkeeper, Swiss Gregor Kobel, into contribution several times. In added time, Lukas Hradecky’s teammates thought they had equalized with a superb strike from Florian Wirtz, but Victor Boniface had a heel in an offside position at the start of the action.
– Bad operation for Dortmund –
Bayer Leverkusen defender Odilon Kossounou (l) in the fight with Dortmund striker Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, December 3, 2023 in Leverkusen / AFP
It was Boniface who finally scored the equalizer in the 79th minute, ideally served by Czech striker Patrik Schick. The Nigerian, top scorer in the Europa League last season, has seven goals in the Bundesliga in 13 games.
“We are rather unhappy with this draw, even if we managed to equalize. When we see the appearance of the match, we would have hoped for better and we should have done better. We have to be satisfied with the draw,” commented Wirtz after the meeting at the microphone of the broadcaster DAZN.
Dortmund carries out the bad operation of the evening. Penalized by its poor sequence at the end of October and beginning of November ((drawn in Frankfurt, defeats against Bayern and Stuttgart), Borussia is 10 points behind the leader, and sees RB Leipzig pass them by one point in fourth place. place (26 against 25
“I think we had a good match, we got into it well, we opened the score. Defensively, we had a very good match. It’s a fair result, we have to recognize it,” said Dortmund coach Edin Terzic speaking to DAZN.
His team therefore continues to show two faces, flamboyant in the Champions League with qualification already assured for the round of 16 after its success at San Siro against AC Milan (3-1), and more struggling in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund will travel to Stuttgart in the round of 16 of the German Cup on Wednesday before hosting Leipzig in the league on Saturday then PSG in ten days in the Champions League.
For its part, Leverkusen will host Paderborn (2nd division) in the Cup on Wednesday and will travel to 3rd Stuttgart (30 points) next Sunday in the Bundesliga.
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