Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich must wait to have their historic fourth consecutive Bundesliga title confirmed after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Borussia Moenchenglad-bach on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich must wait to have their historic fourth consecutive Bundesliga title confirmed after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Borussia Moenchenglad-bach on Saturday.
The champagne had to be put back on ice at the Allianz Arena after Thomas Mueller’s first-half header for Bayern was cancelled out by Andre Hahn’s superb second-half strike for Gladbach.
Second-placed Boru-ssia Dortmund romped to a 5-1 win at home against Wolfsburg to trim Bayern’s lead at the top to five points with two games left.
Bayern are away to mid-table Ingolstadt next Saturday, then host relegated Hanover on the final day of the season in a fortnight.
The draw with Gladbach comes three days before Tuesday’s crunch Champions League home semi-final against Atletico Madrid with Bayern having lost the first leg 1-0 away last Wednesday.
“Of course, we had wanted to win today, for our fans and for ourselves,” said Guardiola.
“We need just a point now, a draw, or a win to secure the title.
“But now there’s time to concentrate on Atletico Madrid, it will be a different game on Tuesday. We must play better.”