Trailing for more than an hour, Bayer Leverkusen snatched a draw at home against Borussia Dortmund (1-1) on Sunday evening for the clash of the 13th day of the German championship, thus retaining its leadership position. With 35 points out of 39 possible, Xabi Alonso’s men remain undefeated and are three points ahead of Bayern Munich (32), who were unable to play on Saturday against Union Berlin due to very heavy snowfall (44 cm) during the night from Friday to Saturday. The new date of the meeting has not yet been communicated by the German Football League (DFL).
Borussia Dortmund is missing a great opportunity to get closer to the leader and is still 10 points behind Leverkusen on the evening of the 13th day, penalized by its negative series at the end of October and beginning of November (draw in Frankfurt, defeats against Bayern and Stuttgart ). With 25 points, it gives up its 4th place to Leipzig (26), winner of Heidenheim (2-1), while the club from eastern Germany will travel to the Westfalenstadion next Saturday.
After the rapid opening of the score by Norwegian Julian Ryerson (5th) for Dortmund, Leverkusen dominated the match and pushed on Gregor Kobel’s goal. The equalizer finally came from Victor Boniface at the start of the last ten minutes (79th). The two clubs will play in the round of 16 of the German Cup on Wednesday – in Stuttgart for Dortmund and against Paderborn, residents of the 2nd division, for Leverkusen – before continuing next weekend in the Bundesliga.
