Bayern Munich conceded a 71st-minute free kick to attract 1-1 at residence in opposition to Hoffenheim on Saturday on the finish of a turbulent week for the champion but it surely stayed two factors clear on the high of the Bundesliga with six video games remaining.
The Bavarians had been with out the suspended Sadio Mane following his conflict with teammate Leroy Sane after Tuesday’s 3-0 Champions League loss to Manchester City. Mane hit Sane after their quarterfinal first-leg loss, incomes a superb and a one-game ban.
While Bayern, which hosts City within the return leg on Wednesday, regarded sluggish within the first half with just a few probabilities, it did go in entrance when France worldwide Benjamin Pavard drilled in after 17 minutes.
The guests got here shut with two probabilities within the fifty fifth — a Pavel Kaderabek volley and an Angelo Stiller header — that each narrowly missed the goal.
They bought the equaliser within the 71st courtesy of a curled Andrej Kramaric free kick.
Hoffenheim thought its pleasure had been short-lived when Pavard stabbed in from shut vary a minute later, just for his effort to be dominated offside.
Bayern is on 59 factors, two forward of Borussia Dortmund, which drew 3-3 at VfB Stuttgart.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com