The 28th day of the Bundesliga had the smell of a title race. Leader with 13 points in advance, Bayer Leverkusen traveled to Union Berlin with the desire to maintain its incredible momentum and its invincibility. Dominant, Xabi Alonso's players took advantage of the expulsion of Robin Gosens (45th +3) to find themselves in numerical superiority. Odilon Kossounou scored in a scramble shortly after, but the goal was disallowed for an offside position in the action. However, a handball just before the offside position transformed the referee's decision into awarding a penalty. Florian Wirtz was quick to find the fault (1-0, 45th +8). Holding on in the second half, Bayer Leverkusen did well by winning 1-0 and moving a little closer to the title. A victory against Werder Bremen next Sunday and Bayer Leverkusen would win their first German championship title. Relegated to 13 points behind the leader, Bayern Munich wanted to reduce the gap and above all raise their heads after last weekend's defeat against Borussia Dortmund (2-0). After a dull first half hour, the Rekordmeister accelerated and managed to score two goals in quick succession thanks to Harry Kane (38th) and Serge Gnabry (45th). But while we could have expected an easy victory, the return from the locker room was chaotic with the achievements of Kevin Sessa (50th) and Tim Kleindienst (51st).
General classification Bundesliga
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#
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Team
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Pts
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J
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DIF
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G
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NOT
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D
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BP
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B.C.
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1 |
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76 |
28 |
50 |
24 |
4 |
0 |
69 |
19 |
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2 |
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63 |
29 |
46 |
20 |
3 |
6 |
82 |
36 |
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3 |
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63 |
29 |
33 |
20 |
3 |
6 |
67 |
34 |
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4 |
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56 |
29 |
34 |
17 |
5 |
7 |
67 |
33 |
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5 |
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56 |
29 |
23 |
16 |
8 |
5 |
57 |
34 |
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If the Bavarians pushed to regain the lead, Tim Kleindienst would finally give his team the advantage (3-2, 79th). Losing 3-2, Thomas Tuchel's men find themselves sixteen points behind the leader with six games remaining. The third Stuttgart can also come back to the level of the Bavarians in the event of a victory later against Borussia Dortmund. Maintaining the pressure on Borussia Dortmund in the race for 4th place, qualifying for the Champions League, RB Leipzig traveled to Freiburg. A match perfectly controlled by the Saxons. Well launched by an early goal from Amadou Haidara (2nd), Marco Rose's players took off with a double from Loïs Openda (18th and 44th). In the second half, Benjamin Sesko scored his goal (54th) as did Vincenzo Grifo for Christian Streich's team (59th). With this big 4-1 victory, RB Leipzig puts pressure on Dortmund who slips to fifth place because of a worse goal difference. The Ruhr club will soon challenge Stuttgart. In the other matches, the barrage Mainz defeated the red lantern Darmstadt (4-0) while the other relegated Cologne overthrew Bochum (2-1).
Afternoon matches
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Cologne 2-1 Bochum: Steffen Tigges (90th +1) and Gian-Luca Waldschmidt (90th +2) for Cologne; Felix Passlack (58th) for Bochum
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Mainz 4-0 Darmstadt: Andreas Hanche-Olsen (33rd), Brajan Gruda (60th) and Lee Jae-Sung (80th and 84th) for Mainz
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Union Berlin 0-1 Bayer Leverkusen : Florian Wirtz (45th +8 sp) for Leverkusen
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Heidenheim 3-2 Bayern Munich: Kevin Sessa (50th) and Tim Kleindienst (51st and 79th) for Heidenheim; Harry Kane (38th) and Serge Gnabry (45th) for Bayern
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Freiburg 1-4 RB Leipzig : Vincenzo Grifo (59th) for Fribourg; Amadou Haidara (2nd), Loïs Openda (18th and 44th) and Benjamin Sesko (54th) for Leipzig
