Bayern fail to capitalise on Leverkusen slip with Dortmund draw

With defending champions Leverkusen held to a scoreless draw at home with Union Berlin just an hour before kickoff, Bayern knew a win would move them further ahead. Dortmund took the lead through Maximilian Beier in the 48th minute, but Bayern hit back with two goals in four minutes, before Waldemar Anton equalised for the visitors with 15 minutes remaining.

Usually a fixture on the German football calendar, the buzz around the match was comparatively muted. The visitors came to Munich sitting nine spots and 27 points behind in the table, while both Bayern and Dortmund are in the midst of Champions League quarter-finals, having lost the first legs to Inter Milan and Barcelona, respectively.

Bayern, enduring an injury crisis with several first teamers missing, were camped out in Dortmund's box for almost the entire first half. Visiting goalkeeper Gregor Kobel needed to snuff out great chances for Harry Kane and Michael Olise. Seemingly on the ropes at half-time, Dortmund opened the scoring three minutes into the second period, Beier heading between Bayern goalie Jonas Urbig's legs to finish off a length-of-the-field counter.

With Dortmund in the ascendancy and probing for a second, Kompany brought on Serge Gnabry, and the move worked a treat. The former Arsenal forward created the equaliser for former Dortmund midfielder Raphael Guerreiro on the 65-minute mark and then scored a goal of his own four minutes later, slaloming through the visiting defence before hammering home.

Dortmund hit back to level things up 15 minutes from time when Anton knocked in a rebound from a Serhou Guirassy shot. Despite the draw, Bayern remain heavy favourites to lift the Bundesliga title. The Bavarians are six points ahead with five games remaining this season. Nursing an ongoing Achilles injury, Bayern centre-back Kim Min-jae was subbed off in the second half, leaving the Germans with just one fit central defender ahead of Wednesday's trip to Inter.