Bayern
Munich
missed two points at their stadium after failing to draw 1-1 against
Hoffenheim
(13th), but remains the sole Bundesliga leader
as
Borussia Dortmund (2nd) failed to win either (3-3). on his visit to Stuttgart (16th).
Bayern, after falling resoundingly in Manchester against City in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals last Tuesday (3-0), once again disappointed their fans with a sad tie at the Allianz Arena against Hoffenheim on this 28th day.
Four days after receiving City with the difficult mission of scoring at least three goals to force extra time in the Champions League, Bayern's performance does not invite optimism, especially from an offensive point of view.
"I thought we were going to play with anger (after the defeat against City), but it was not the case. We have to change our mentality and quickly," demanded Bavarian coach Thomas Tuchel.
The coach is still unable to field Maxim Choupo-Moting, the squad's only center forward and who is supposed to have recovered from his injury by Wednesday, and had to do without Senegalese Sadio Mané, suspended by the club after attacking
his
teammate
Leroy Sané
after the European clash.
Mané's confrontation with Sané in the Manchester City dressing room was the talk of the week in the German press, a topic that began to dissipate once the club recognized the episode and announced the sanction to the Senegalese.
This Saturday, the German striker reappeared on the pitch and showed the consequences of the blow to his face, more precisely to his swollen lip.
All the cameras with Leroy Sané, the German striker who was attacked by Sadio Mané.
Photo: REUTERS/Leonhard Simon.
Despite the arrival of Thomas Tuchel on the bench, the Bavarian team does not seem to come out of the spiral of negative results that cost his predecessor Julian Nagelsmann his job just three weeks ago.
The great beneficiary of Bayern's setback could have been Borussia Dortmund, who, already eliminated from the Champions League, can concentrate their efforts on the Bundesliga, but the team coached by Edin Terzic allowed a game they had in their pocket to equalize twice.
After these results, Bayern has 59 points, followed by Dortmund's 57 and Leipzig's 51, who beat Augsburg 3-2, with a double from Timo Werner, and provisionally gets on the podium pending what he does on Sunday the Unión Berlín, with whom they tie on score.
Stuttgart, for its part, comes out of the direct relegation places to which it fell after Schalke's victory on Friday against new bottom club Hertha Berlin (5-2).
In the other games on Saturday, Eintracht (7th) drew 1-1 at home with Borussia Mönchengladbach (10th), the same result that occurred in the duel between Cologne (11th) and Mainz (8th).
With information from Agencies