The Bundesliga restarted on Friday after its unprecedented two-month winter break with Bayern Munich and Leipzig grinding out an error-strewn 1-1 draw. (More Football News)
Leipzig defender Marcel Halstenberg equꦓalized after Eric Maxim Choupo-Motin♐g’s first-half strike as third-place Leipzig stayed six points behind league leader Bayern.
“After a two-month break there were things we did well and other things we could haveꦕ done better,” Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said. “We were a bit too hectic in the final thiওrd.”
Goalkeeper Yann Sommer made his Bayern debut following his transfer✤ from Borussia Möncheng🧜ladbach as the injured Manuel Neuer’s replacement on Thursday, but the Swiss goalkeeper had little opportunity to shine in a lackluster encounter.
“I was so looking forward to it,” Sommer said. “Of course, a new team, and I’m a new goalkeeper, so it was💙n’t always perfect, but it was fun. 🍒We’d have liked to have won.”
The German league’s winter break was extended to accommodate the World Cup, which ༺was itself moved mid-season to avoid the searing summer temperatures in Qatar.
Bayern, which also had its winter training ca🗹mp in the Persian Gulf country, enjoyed the better start with Serge Gnabry’s deflected shot hitting the post and Leon Goretzka having a goal 🃏ruled out for offside.
Gnabry crossed for Choupo-Moting to finally breakꦚ the deadlock in the 37th.
Halstenberg equalized early in the second half, but Bayern players were unhappy about a perceived foul on Joshua Kimmich from André Silva in the buildup. Goretzka was booked for over-prot🧔esting. Kimmich’s careless clearance beforehaꦜnd was more to blame.
The draw leaves Bayern five points clear of secon🗹d-place Freiburg, which visits Wolfsburg on Saturday. Bayern is chasing a record-extending 11th-straight German championship title.
