Bayern Munich might have won the Bundesliga with a draw.
Bayer Leverkusen did everything but score as Bayern held on for a 0-0 draw that kept it eight points clear at the top of the German league on Saturday.
Bayern was pegged back for the whole game but Leverkusen — with center forwards Patrik Schick and Victor Boniface watching from the substitutes’ bench — failed to score for the second consecutive game.
Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso sent Schick on only in the second minute of stoppage time, after star player Florian Wirtz went agonisingly close to winning the game when he shot just wide of the left post after Manuel Neuer saved Amine Adli’s effort.
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Bayern managed only one shot at goal, a blocked effort from Harry Kane.
Leverkusen, the defending champion, twice hit the crossbar in the first half.
It was the fifth time Alonso, a former Bayern player, faced his former team as a coach in the Bundesliga and the fifth time he remained unbeaten. His team also knocked Bayern out of the German Cup earlier this season.
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Stuttgart failed to capitalise on Leipzig’s draw in Augsburg the night before as it lost at home to Wolfsburg 2-1 despite substitute Nick Woltemade’s wonderful opener in the 72nd minute.
Leipzig remained fourth, while Stuttgart dropped two points off the last place for Champions League qualification.
Borussia Mönchengladbach won at Union Berlin 2-1, and Freiburg won at St. Pauli 1-0 thanks to a late own goal from Philipp Treu.