Bayern Munich maintain lead at top despite Anton's leveller for Dortmund

The Guardian

12-04-2025

Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund each scored twice in a rollercoaster second half for an entertaining 2-2 draw in the Klassiker on Saturday that kept the Bavarian club six points clear at the top with five games left.
They have 69 points ahead of second-placed Bayer Leverkusen, who earlier drew 0-0 at home to Union Berlin.
Bayern, who visit Inter in the Champions League quarter-final return leg on Wednesday after last week's 2-1 loss, had a slew of chances in a dominant first half.
The Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel was kept busy and he twice stopped Harry Kane and also blocked Michael Olise's point-blank effort in the 40th minute.
Dortmund, who did not have an effort on target in the first half, silenced the home crowd three minutes after the restart when Maximilian Beier was left unmarked at the far post to head in the opener.
Bayern reacted almost instantly, pouring forward as the pace picked up, and almost equalised when the Dortmund defender Waldemar Anton's clearance flew over Kobel and bounced off the crossbar.
It took four minutes for Bayern to turn things around with Raphaël Guerreiro levelling in the 65th minute with a low shot before his fellow substitute Serge Gnabry put them in front with a sensational 35-metre solo effort.
Dortmund, desperately hoping for a top-four spot and to secure Champions League football next season, bounced back with Anton slotting home on the rebound in the 75th after the Bayern keeper Jonas Urbig palmed Serhou Guirassy's bicycle kick into his path.
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Dortmund, who host Barcelona next week in their Champions League quarter-final second leg after a 4-0 loss on Wednesday, are in eighth place on 42 points, six points off the top four.