Austrian striker of Serbian origins Sasa Kalajdzic dampened spirits at Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga title party on Sunday as Stuttgart held the champions to a 2-2 draw to keep their own survival hopes alive.Bayern were presented with the Bundesliga trophy in front of their own fans on Sunday, but Kalajdzic’s second-half equaliser means they have failed to win in the two games since claiming a tenth successive title last month.Sasa Kalajdzic (forward, VfB Stuttgart)🎙:”Congratulations to Bayern. This is absolutely deserved. If you look at the game as a whole, that’s fair. We had some draw chances , they were 100 % , but Bayern had some too.” pic.twitter.com/rFwO65ZyTv— Bayern Munich English & Die Manschaft (@altaeeameer11) May 8, 2022 Bayern’s players had already faced criticism for their decision to take a two-day team holiday to Ibiza ahead of last week’s defeat to Mainz, and they delivered another under-par performance against relegation candidates Stuttgart.”They deserve to be champions and they won’t care too much about the draw today, but it could be an extremely important result for us,” Kalajdzic told DAZN. Bundesliga title – check! Keeping Lewa at Munich – weeell…Four points adrift of safety at kick-off, the visitors needed a result and burst out of the blocks in the first half.Omar Marmoush missed an early chance to take the lead on the counter-attack before Tiago Tomas smashed in a brilliant shot to stun the home fans. Thomas Mueller hit the bar for Bayern at the other end, and was later denied by a flying save from Florian Mueller. 🎥Match HighlightsA topsy-turvy 2-2 draw between @FCBayern and @VfB, with Sasa Kalajdzic earning the visitors what could be a crucial point in their battle for #Bundesliga survival! 💪Bayern 2-2 Stuttgart#FCBVFBpic.twitter.com/35Tg0BpG13— FC Bayern Universe (@Bayernverse) May 8, 2022 Serge Gnabry finally broke through Stuttgart’s defence on 35 minutes, lashing in a shot from a tight angle via defender Konstantinos Mavropanos.Mueller put Bayern ahead just before half time, prodding the ball home after an elegant pirouette in the box. Leverkusen stomp towards the Champions League as Freiburg lose steamYet the visitors fought back after the break when Borna Sosa picked out Kalajdzic with a looping cross to level the scores at 2-2.Both sides had chances to win the game late on, and Bayern’s disappointing evening was crowned when Kingsley Coman was sent off in stoppage time.”I think a draw was a fair result. We played with a lot of courage today, and we got a bit of luck too,” said Kalajdzic.Stuttgart remain three points adrift of safety in the relegation play-off place, but could still overtake Hertha Berlin on the last day of the season due to superior goal difference.© Agence France-PresseBUNDESLIGA – ROUND 33FridayBochum – Arminia Bielefeld 2-1 (1-1)/Polter 22, Bello 89 og – Nilsson 35/SaturdayKoln – Wolfsburg 0-1 (0-1)/Gerhaardt 43/Freiburg – Union Berlin 1-4 (0-3)/Holer 59 – Promel 11, Trimmel 30, Becker 41, Schafer 90/Greuther Furth – Dortmund 1-3 (0-1)/Ngankam 70 – Brandt 26, 72, Passlack 77/Hoffenheim – Leverkusen 2-4 (2-1)/Rutter 22, Baumgartner 36 – Schick 34, 76, DIaby 73, Alario 90+1/Hertha – Mainz 1-2 (1-1)/Selke 45+5 pen – Widner 25, Bell 81/SundayEintr.Frankfurt – M’ gladbach 1-1 (0-1)/Paciencia 65 – Plea 4/Bayern Munich – Stuttgart 2-2 (2-1)/Gnabry 35, Mueller 44 – Tomas 8, Kalajdzic 52/ Leipzig – Augsburg 4-0 (1-0)/Silva 40, Nkunku 48, 57, Forsberg 64 pen/
