Where The Pressure Lands
BERLIN — Bayern Munich scored with the last kick of the game to salvage a 3-3 draw with last-place Heidenheim in the Bundesliga on Saturday, a result that bought the champions some much-needed breathing room ahead of Tuesday's Champions League semifinal return leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
Michael Olise struck the post for Bayern and the ball ricocheted off Heidenheim goalkeeper Diant Ramaj's back into the net for the equalizer in the 10th minute of stoppage time. It was the third consecutive game Bayern trailed at halftime — a pattern that included the 5-4 loss to PSG in the first leg and last weekend's frantic 4-3 win at Mainz.
The table did the dramatic work without asking anyone to dress it up.
"It was the mentality, the belief," Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said. "Of course, we can do many things better, but we must not forget that the lads gave everything in the end to avoid losing the game. We have to take that with us into the next match."
Kompany had made seven changes to the team that started against PSG, benching Manuel Neuer, Dayot Upamecano, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Michael Olise, Luis Díaz and Harry Kane. Heidenheim's Budu Zivzivadze and Eren Dinkci scored before Leon Goretzka pulled one back with a free kick before the break. Kompany sent on Kane, Díaz, Olise and Kimmich for the second half, and Goretzka leveled in the 57th minute. Zivzivadze restored Heidenheim's lead in the 76th, only for Olise to force the equalizer late.
The Detail That Tilts It
The draw leaves Heidenheim on the verge of relegation with two rounds remaining.
Union Berlin fought back to draw 2-2 with Cologne for its first point under Marie-Louise Eta, the first female head coach in the league's history, in her third game in charge. Tom Rothe pulled one back after a corner and substitute Livan Burcu let fly for what seemed like a winner for Union in the 89th, after Marius Bülter and Said El Mala had scored for Cologne.
"The guys left their hearts on the field," Eta said. The draw kept Union a point above Cologne and will probably be enough for survival.
Patrick Schick scored a hat trick and Bayer Leverkusen beat Leipzig 4-1 to move fourth, the last Champions League qualification spot. Schick took his season tally to 16 goals — and six in his last three games — to lift Leverkusen above Stuttgart and Hoffenheim on goal difference. All three have 58 points, behind third-place Leipzig on 62.
What The Result Leaves
Tiago Tomas scored in stoppage time for 10-man Stuttgart to draw 3-3 at Hoffenheim, keeping Stuttgart just ahead of Hoffenheim on goal difference.
Hamburger SV won 2-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt to move a point above Union. Defeat could prove costly for Frankfurt coach Albert Riera, who demanded respect during an angry outburst against the media in his pre-game press conference on Friday.
Augsburg won 3-1 at Werder Bremen, which dropped just outside of the relegation zone. Second-division leader Schalke clinched its Bundesliga return with a 1-0 win at home against struggling Fortuna Düsseldorf.