LIVE – Bayern Munich-Leverkusen: the Bavarians are catching up with the German champions

Serge Gnabry hits the uprights twice after a great cross from Harry Kane. Number 7 holds his head because he doesn’t believe it.

Leverkusen begins the second act at the Allianz Arena which is just waiting to ignite.

68% possession and 7 shots for Bayern compared to 32% and 1 shot for Leverkusen.

The two teams leave with a parity score. Two defensive midfielders put their names on the scoreboard: Robert Andrich for Leverkusen and Pavlovic for Bayern.

The two teams are heading towards a parity score to end the half.

Bayern regained energy thanks to this goal which will force the two teams to discover each other.

What a strike from Aleksandar Pavlović to equalize! The defensive midfielder, at fault on the corner which led to the Leverkusen goal, volleyed the ball and deceived Hradecky with a 25 m shot, flashed at 100 km/h. 1-1.

The atmosphere became much calmer at the Allianz Arena after the goal and Bayern found it more difficult to find passing solutions in the visitors’ camp.

Robert Andrich is guilty of a foul on Harry Kane and receives a yellow card.

Grimaldo’s corner is recovered by Xhala, who passes to Andrich at the edge of the area. The shot goes into Neuer’s small right net. Leverkusen opened the scoring against the court of play.

Pavlovic is guilty of a poor delivery on Neuer and offers a corner for Leverkusen.

The attacking midfielder is penalized for too strong a charge on a Leverkusen defender.

The central defender charges Boniface in the back and gets a yellow card from the referee. Xabi Alonso also gets one for protest.

Beautiful strike from the Frenchman who sees his free kick pass just above Hradecky’s bar.

Exceptional ball handling from Jamal Musiala who obtains a magnificent free kick just in front of the Leverkusen penalty area.

Olise sees his shot blocked by the Leverkusen defense and takes a corner which achieves nothing.

After a quarter of an hour of play, Bayern dominated and did not hesitate to make contact to win the ball. 35 balls played in the last 30 meters for Bayern against 7 for Leverkusen.

Bayer does not see the light of day at the start of the meeting and Bayern continues its siege in the Leverkusen camp.

Raphaël Guerreiro sees his shot go to the left of Hradecky’s post. The Bavarians had control of the ball at the start of the match.

Leverkusen concedes its first corner with a ball blocked by Tapsoba. Upamecano jumps more than everyone, but his head is off frame.

Both teams do not count their efforts. Musiala sees his shot pass close to Hradecky’s right post. Goal kick for Leverkusen.

The kick-off is between two teams who absolutely want to win this meeting.

The 22 players enter a melting Allianz Arena for this Bundesliga clash, between the two title competitors.

To read before the meeting: Bayern Munich-Leverkusen: Olise against Terrier, duel of ambitious French people across the Rhine

Arriving this summer, Terrier started alongside Florian Wirtz in the attacking midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen. Xabi Alonso also pulled out all the stops by putting in his usual starting eleven.

XI titular : Hradecky – Tapsoba, Tah, Hincapié – Frimong, Xhaka, Andrich, Grimaldo – Wirtz, Terrier – Boniface.

Bayern Munich have announced their starting lineup without much change. Gnabry, Olise and Musiala will form the Bavarians’ offensive trident behind Harry Kane.

Starting XI: Neuer – Guerreiro, Upamecano, Minjae, Davies – Kimmich, Pavlovic – Gnabry, Musiala, Olise – Kane.

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