Leverkusen 1-1 Dortmund

Goals: 0-1 Ryerson 5' (assist: Füllkrug), 1-1 Boniface 79' (assist: Schick)

Dortmund got off to a flyer with Julian 🎅 Ryerson giving them the lead within five minutes. Niclas Füllkrug held the ball up well before teeing his teammate up 🎅 to dispatch coolly past Lukáš Hrádecký to stun the home fans. Leverkusen reacted as you would expect an unbeaten league 🎅 leader to do so, with a fire in their bellies. Granit Xhaka went so close to levelling, half of the 🎅 BayArena thought his shot had gone in, while Jonas Hofmann and Jonathan Tah also only narrowly missed making contact with 🎅 dangerous crosses. Florian Wirtz thought the hosts' persistence had paid off on the stroke of half-time when he hammered his 🎅 effort in off the underside of the crossbar, but an earlier offside position of Victor Boniface meant the goal did 🎅 not stand.

Jamie Bynoe-Gittens burst through for a chance to double Dortmund's lead early in the second half but Odilon Kossounou 🎅 recovered well to muscle him off the ball before he could shoot. Much like in the first half, Leverkusen were 🎅 sparked into life by that early opportunity, but they struggled still to make any headway. Xhaka curled one opportunity wide 🎅 from the edge of the area as the game opened up, and with the clock ticking, Leverkusen were forced to 🎅 commit players forward while Dortmund looked to do further damage on the break. Patrik Schick was sent on to add 🎅 further firepower to the Leverkusen attack, and he needed just seconds to make a difference, teeing up Boniface for the 🎅 equaliser. Boniface fizzed in another shot to sting Gregor Kobel's palms as the hosts sought a winner, but they had 🎅 to settle for a point as Dortmund's defence held firm.

Watch: B04's Victor Boniface praises teammate Patrik Schick