Bayern Munich draw with Hoffenheim / AFP

Bayern Munich lost two points at the stadium after failing to draw 1-1 to Hoffenheim, while Borussia Dortmund failed to win (3-3) on their visit to Stuttgart, the Bundesliga’s only continues to be the leader of

Bayern once again disappointed fans with a heartbreaking draw with Hoffenheim at the Allianz Arena on day 28, after a crushing 3-0 defeat to Manchester City in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals last Tuesday. I was allowed to.

Four days after winning City, who had the difficult task of forcing extra time in the Champions League by scoring at least three goals, Bayern’s performances, especially from an attacking perspective, do not invite optimism.

“We were going to play with anger (after the defeat at City), but we weren’t. We have to change our mentality quickly,” demanded Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel.

The coach has yet to line up Maxim Choupo-Moting, the team’s lone centre-forward, who should have recovered from injury by Wednesday, and has been suspended from the club after attacking teammate Leroy Sane. It was necessary to lack Senegalese Sadio Mane, who received a disposition. After the European Clash.

In these conditions it was Frenchman Benjamin Pavard (75) who was stripped of a double in the final stretch for offside, who led the German champions in the first half after a poor clearance. , was a shot from within the area. of visiting defense at the start of corner (17).

Hoffenheim felt little danger in the first hour of play, but surprised Bayern with a superb direct free-kick to the right post, guarded by Jan Sommer (71), before Croatia’s Andrej Kramaric scored the equalizer. rice field.

Bayern pushed down the final stretch in search of victory and had another opportunity, including a disallowed goal from Pavard plus a corner kick sent by a defender by Serge Gnabry in the 89th minute, but the scoreboards were down. It stopped working.

Despite the arrival of Thomas Tuchel on the bench, the Bayern side seem stuck in a spiral of negative results that saw the loss of predecessor Julian Nagelsmann’s job just three weeks ago.

Borussia Dortmund, who had already been eliminated from the Champions League, may have benefited greatly from Bayern’s defeat, but Edin Teržić’s side managed to equalize twice in games they had in their pockets. I was.

It all started well for the Dortmund players, who scored two goals in the first half-hour after Ivory Coast’s Sebastian Haller (26) and Dutchman Donyell Malen (33) scored. Expulsion of Greek defender Costantinos Mavropanos.

However, despite Bellingham (49′) and Reus (77′) having a numerical advantage in the second set, with two shots against Wood, Dortmund saw Stuttgart defend Frenchman Tanguy. – Goals from Koulibaly (78′) and Joshua Vangnoman (84′) equalized.

Dortmund responded and returned to the lead with a goal from American Giovanni Reyna (90+2), but Congo’s Silas Wamangituka made it 3-3 with a final breather (90+7).

“When we lost at home to Bremen, I thought we had already seen the biggest stupidity of the season, but this trumps everything,” lamented Teržić, who gave Werder Bremen a run despite his team’s win. He referred to the third match, which he lost 3-2. 2-0 in the 89th minute.

“We lost a great opportunity,” he claimed.

These results left Bayern with 59 points and Dortmund in second place with 57 points, ending the season with six games to go.