Leipzig put Bayern title party on ice as Werder hold Union

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 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 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 goalie 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 equaliser. 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.

Bayern are six points ahead and have a 30-plus goal difference advantage over Xabi Alonso’s side, who play at Freiburg on Sunday.

Leipzig grabbed the lead 11 minutes in when Sesko pounced on a mistake from Urbig, who was slipped while well outside of his penalty box, allowing the Slovenian to hit a long-range shot home.

Klostermann doubled Leipzig’s lead shortly before half-time, heading in from a David Raum header.

Leipzig, who needed a win to boost their hopes of Champions League football next season, were in control and looked on track for victory until Bayern shocked the hosts with two goals in 46 seconds.

Dier headed in from a corner, his third goal in his past four games, before Olise made the most of a Leipzig defensive mistake to level the scores.

Sane’s late goal sent Bayern’s bench wild. As the clock wound down, a beaming Kane made his way down from the stands to the sidelines, ready to collect the title of his career.

Poulsen was however sent through on goal by Xavi Simons and cooly chipped the ‘keeper to delay Bayern’s party.

Elsewhere, Union Berlin came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home against Werder Bremen, denting the visitors hopes of European football this 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, leaving them three points off the Europa League placings with two games remaining.

Nick Woltemade scored with two minutes remaining to send Stuttgart to a 1-0 win at St. Pauli

Heidenheim keeper Mueller suffers concussion after collision: Heidenheim goalkeeper Kevin Muller and Bochum forward Philipp Hofmann were both recovering in hospitals after being seriously injured in their teams’ Bundesliga relegation scrap on Friday.

Muller had a concussion after being knocked unconscious in a collision with Bochum’s Ibrahima Sissoko, Heidenheim said on Saturday. Muller had received lengthy treatment on the field while being shielded from view before he was taken off on a stretcher.

Hofmann broke a rib causing a collapsed lung after a collision with Heidenheim’s Marvin Pieringer.Bochum said the injury was “quite life-threatening.”

“Hofmann owes it to the careful first aid and immediate examinations and treatments at the local hospital that nothing more serious happened,” the club said on their website, adding that the player’s lung function was only restored after a minor operation to drain his chest.

Hofmann will miss Bochum’s remaining two games of the season, while it was uncertain when Muller could return for Heidenheim.

The teams’ 1-1 draw left Bochum bottom of the Bundesliga with only slim hopes of avoiding the drop, while Heidenheim were four points above Bochum in the relegation playoff place.

Agencies