Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen played out a 1-1 draw in their Bundesliga tie. After Leverkusen took the lead through Robert Andrich, Bayern levelled with Pavlovic's superb goal. Leverkusen were content to play on the counter, struggling to get out of their half.
Bayern Munich drew at home with Bayer Leverkusen in an early season Bundesliga clash of the titans. Bayern dominated the opening 10 minutes, with the visitors getting 10 men behind the ball at times, as both Vincent Kompany and Xabi Alonso gesticulated enthusiastically from the edge of their technical areas. Leverkusen struggled to get out of their half as Bayern pressed them aggressively.
The visitors had to wait half an hour until they got into Bayern's penalty area, after Aleksandar Pavlovic gave away a needless corner. The set piece was initially cleared only for Granit Xhaka to calmly tee up Robert Andrich to slide home low beautifully from outside the penalty area with their first attempt on goal. Then, seven minutes before the break, Pavlovic made up for his earlier error with a wonderful 25-yard strike, taking the ball down his chest, before lofting the ball over Hradecky with the outside of his right boot.
Despite going in level, the first half was effectively a defence versus attack drill, with Leverkusen being disciplined and getting men behind the ball to deny Bayern. The second-half continued in similar fashion, with Bayern unable to break down a very disciplined Leverkusen unit. Bayern Munich Statist.
