‘The title is at stake’ said Bayern Munich’s sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic after a near loss to Koln last week. And he was right. The Bavarians played another dissapointing draw yesterday against Frankfurt and Borussia used it to move up and shrink the difference to only three points. And they did so with a convincing win against a unpleasant Leverkusen side: Bayer – Dortmund 0-2.Kennt Ihr, liebt Ihr. 🙂 pic.twitter.com/tXJv9XWDFK— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) January 29, 2023 Since the start of the second part of Bundesliga, the Millionaires won all three games, but this was by far their best and most important win, since it came against a strong team. Bayer is currently only ninth one the table, but this is a team build for the Champions League who started badly and had to change coach in order to save the season. Xavi Alonso took the team and before this game had 5 wins, but in reality, those were all average or below average teams (Stuttgart, Bochum, Borussia M.). This was the first real test for the Spaniard and he failed. Bayer had most of the game, played with high tempo and determination, but Borussia never looked like losing this one, even thou they only had two shots on target.The second-most expensive kid ever lands at DortmundThis was a pretty dull derby, considering the fact that no less than 58 goals were scored in last 12 meetings between these teams. What is even stranger is that the guests managed to save their net for the first time after November. This was also a duel of two most talented youngsters, Florian Wurtz and Jude Bellingham and the Englishman won the duel, forcing Tapsoba to score an own goal. This was also the first start the Ivorian Sebastien Haller after his tumor battle. He didn’t make much impact, but it will take some time for him to get into the groove.Happy to see Karim Adeyemi netting his debut Bundesliga goal ⚽️💨pic.twitter.com/x14dznTm5N— Birdiefootball (@birdiefootball) January 29, 2023 Watch: BVB CM Jude Bellingham switches play & crashes the box for the tap in. Credited as an own goal. pic.twitter.com/7DToGmN0xj— Underdog Soccer (@Underdog_Soccer) January 29, 2023 Borussia scored in the 33rd minute. Brandt exchanged a one-two with Bellingham on the right. The former’s low cross was dummied by Haller around the penalty spot, leaving it for Adeyemi completely free behind, and he shot past Hradecky into the bottom right corner. The guests scored the second goal on time, in the 53rd minute. It was Bellingham who started the action with the pass to Wolf, who crossed it over to the goal area, where Edmond Tapsoba made a wrong shot and scored the own goal. Adli took a header but right at Kobel in the 58th minute, Diaby missed his chance in the 76th minute and Azmoun headed the ball just over the bar in the 81st minute. In the end, 18 shots from Bayer and no goals.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 18FridayRB Leipzig – Stuttgart 2-1 (1-0)/Szoboszlai 25, 49 – Fuhrich 68 pen/SaturdayFreiburg – Augsburg 3-1 (2-1)/Gregoritsch 13, Holer 30, Lienhart 85 – Berisha 29 pen/Hertha Berlin – Union Berlin 0-2 (0-1)/Doekhi 44, Seguin 67/Hoffenheim – Borussia Monchengladbach 1-4 (0-2)/Bebou 80 – Hofmann 12, 37, Stindl 83, Wolf 90+1/Mainz – Bochum 5-2 (3-0)/Lee 1, Widmer 17, Onisiwo 28, 57, 87 – Kunde 70, Masovic 72/Werder Bremen – Wolfsburg 2-1 (1-0)/Fullkrug 24 pen, 77 – Paredes 90/Bayern – Eintracht 1-1 (1-0)/Sane 34 – Kolo Muani 69/SundaySchalke – Koln 0-0Leverkusen – Dortmund 0-2 (0-1)/Adeyemi 33, Tapsoba 53 (og)/
