Leaders Bayern Munich held on for a 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen regardless of ending with 9 males in an eventful Bundesliga conflict on Saturday.
Second-placed Borussia Dortmund’s comfy house win at Augsburg drew them 9 factors behind reigning champions Bayern with eight video games to play.
Aleix Garcia’s aim gave Leverkusen the lead and Bayern striker Nicolas Jackson noticed purple earlier than half-time.
Luis Diaz leveled issues up however then picked up a second yellow card for diving within the field.
Bayern held agency to seize a degree, whilst Leverkusen had two efforts chalked off in stoppage time.
Bayern additionally had strikes from Jonathan Tah and substitute Harry Kane dominated out by VAR for handball in a typically manic match on the BayArena.
“It was a poor efficiency from the referee,” Bayern coach Vincent Kompany instructed DAZN.
“Why he (Diaz) will get a purple card, no one within the stadium is aware of anymore, it is insane…
“Somebody wants to clarify to me why that is a yellow card at that stage of the sport.
“It is an enormous blow and he’ll be out for the subsequent sport.”
Referee Christian Dingert admitted he made an error by sending Diaz off.
“I perceived the incident as him diving. Wanting on the footage, it is clear it wasn’t a penalty. However the purple card was very harsh — I would not give that now,” Dingert instructed Sky.
Leverkusen, who held Arsenal to the identical scoreline on Wednesday, journey to London for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 conflict on Tuesday.
Garcia completed off a fluid group transfer to place Leverkusen forward six minutes in, the Spain midfielder accumulating a Patrik Schick cross and chipping the ball over third-choice Bayern goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, enjoying with Manuel Neuer and Jonas Urbig out injured.
Former Leverkusen centre-back Tah appeared to have leveled issues up halfway by the primary half when he discovered the web from a nook, however VAR intervened.
Bayern’s hopes took an additional hit when Jackson noticed purple for sinking his studs into Martin Terrier’s ankle simply earlier than the break.
With half-hour left, Bayern introduced Kane on in its place after his latest absence with a calf knock and the England captain thought he had scored simply 47 seconds later, however once more VAR noticed a handball.
Diaz lastly grabbed Bayern an equalizer when he guided a pin-point Michael Olise cross in with 69 minutes gone.
Chasing a winner, the Colombian went down within the field underneath gentle contact from Leverkusen ‘keeper Janis Blaswich and was proven a second yellow for diving.
All the way down to 9 males for the primary time since 2001, Bayern dug deep regardless of their numerical drawback within the dying levels to cling on for a degree.
Dortmund inch nearer
Dortmund moved two factors nearer to Bayern with Karim Adeyemi and Luca Reggiani each getting on the scoresheet in a 2-0 house win over Augsburg.
“We actually loved it in the present day. We managed the sport,” Dortmund’s Felix Nmecha instructed DAZN.
Adeyemi gave Dortmund the lead within the thirteenth minute, handing over a Maximilian Beier cross from shut vary.
Stodgy and uninspired in beating a 10-man Cologne final week, Dortmund confirmed fluency in assault, though Adeyemi and Beier took turns in hitting the crossbar earlier than the break as Augsburg stayed within the sport.
However simply earlier than the hour mark, 18-year-old center-back Reggiani headed in a Julian Ryerson nook for his first Bundesliga aim.
The victory took Dortmund to 58 factors, another than their closing complete final season.
In Saturday’s late sport, promoted Hamburg drew 1-1 at house with Cologne, with Arsenal loanee Fabio Vieira’s lobbed opener for the hosts canceled out by Mentioned El Mala heading house from shut vary.
Elsewhere, Arnaud Kalimuendo scored as Eintracht Frankfurt beat last-placed Heidenheim 1-0.
Wolfsburg’s bid to beat the drop took successful in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim which left them stranded within the relegation zone.
