Bundesliga Review: Bayern and Dortmund held to goalless draws

On Monday, football’s worst kept secret was confirmed when coach Pep Guardiola announced he will take charge at Manchester City next season in a three-year deal reported to be worth more than £15 million (€20 million) per year.

“No more questions on this topic, please”, he said tersely when asked if he finds it hard to remain focused on Bayern.

The end result leaves Bayern eight factors away from second-positioned Borussia Dortmund on the finish of every week to overlook for the Bavarian giants.

Despite having scored 19 goals in as many league games this season, Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski failed to convert either of his two shots at goal.

Leverkusen restricted the guests to only 9 photographs general to the hosts’ six.

They moved to within two points of Hertha Berlin, who successfully built the barricades in the Olympiastadion to hold Borussia Dortmund to a 0-0 draw, leaving 10 points between the two sides now second and third in the standings.

“It’s perfectly OK. If he takes over from me next week then it’s no longer OK”, Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel joked of the former Chelsea and Real Madrid coach’s presence.

The Mexican striker has played in every league game since his arrival last August, and his second-half double in last Saturday’s 3-0 win over Hanover 96 left Leverkusen fourth in the table.

Dieter Hecking’s Wolves had few answers as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Johannes Geis and new-signing Alessandro Schoepf netted for Schalke.

The outcome pushed the Royal Blues as much as fourth as Wolfsburg drop to eighth.

First-half goals from Christian Gentner and Daniel Didavi gave Stuttgart the lead, but Alexander Meier than pulled one back for the home side.

Eintracht defender Carlos Zambrano additionally noticed red after being despatched off quarter-hour from time for his second reserving.

Frankfurt’s Szabolcs Huszti then made it 4-2 by scoring in the 90th minute.

Australia goalkeeper Mitch Langerak was an unused substitute for Stuttgart, while global team-mate Mathew Leckie played a full game as Ingolstadt turned the tables on local rivals Augsburg with Marvin Matip and Moritz Hartmann cancelling out Konstantinos Stafylidis’s opener, earning the promoted side a 2-1 win.