Musiala saves leaders Bayern from defeat at Dortmund

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Musiala saves leaders Bayern from defeat at Dortmund

Jamal Musiala has scored late to save Bayern Munich from their first ******* Bundesliga loss of the season with a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund.

Musiala ? Bayern’s best attacking threat after Harry Kane went off with a first-half injury ? headed the equaliser in the 85th minute after a Bayern free kick.

Leroy Sane fired the ball into the Dortmund wall of defenders and Michael Olise sent the loose ball back in for the unmarked Musiala.

“Our first half wasn’t the way we wanted to play but we then started well into the second,” Musiala told Sky TV.

“We created good chances and getting a point was good. Unfortunately we did not win.”

Jamie Gittens provided the highlight of the first half when he left Konrad Laimer in his wake and raced clear before blasting the ball past Manuel Neuer in the Bayern goal in the 27th minute.

It was the first goal Bayern conceded in eight games across all competitions.

England striker Kane went off with an apparent right hamstring injury shortly afterwards.

Bayern mounted unrelenting pressure after the break with the Dortmund defenders increasingly content just to kick the ball away. The visitors kept pushing until Musiala duly scored.

“The draw is OK but you want to win if you lead for so long. But the team did a super job,” Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck said.

Earlier on Saturday, Florian Wirtz again made the difference for Bayer Leverkusen in a 2-1 win at Union Berlin.

Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso initially rested his star player, but sent Wirtz on for the last half-hour with the score 1-1.

Wirtz duly whipped in a brilliant cross for Patrik Schick to score the winner with his chest in the 71st minute. It was the third straight game that Wirtz has set up a goal in the Bundesliga.

Leipzig, already five games without a win across all competitions, were humiliated 5-1 at home by Wolfsburg, a defeat that left coach Marco Rose in a tenuous position.

Ermedin Demirovic equalised twice for Stuttgart to draw at Werder Bremen 2-2, Freiburg won against visiting Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 and Augsburg defeated last-placed Bochum 1-0 at home.

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