LAST UPDATE | 3 May 2025

BAYERN MUNICH AND Harry Kane’s Bundesliga title party was delayed by at least a day after RB Leipzig’s Yussuf Poulsen scored a stoppage-time equaliser in a 3-3 home draw on Saturday.

With Kane sitting in the stands due to a yellow card suspension, Bayern fell two down by half time, Leipzig scoring twice in teaming rain in Saxony through Benjamin Sesko and Lukas Klostermann.

Bayern then scored twice in 46 seconds through Eric Dier and Michael Olise to level things up with just under 30 minutes remaining.

Leroy Sane looked to have completed the comeback and clinch the title, hitting an unstoppable shot from the right of goal on the 83rd-minute mark.

But Poulsen, subbed on with 30 minutes to go, chipped the ball over goalie Jonas Urbig in the fifth minute of stoppage time to snatch a draw.

Despite the draw, defending champions Leverkusen’s chances of overtaking Bayern remain close to impossible.

Bayern are six points ahead and have a 30-plus goal difference advantage over Xabi Alonso’s side, who play at Freiburg on Sunday.

Strasbourg kept alive their hopes of qualifying for next season’s Champions League with a 2-1 win Saturday against a Paris Saint-Germain side showing 10 changes from their midweek victory away to Arsenal.

A Lucas Hernandez own goal put Strasbourg ahead on 20 minutes and Felix Lemarechal doubled the home side’s lead in first-half stoppage time in Alsace, although Bradley Barcola pulled one back for PSG just after the break.

Liam Rosenior’s in-form Strasbourg are now unbeaten in 12 games going back to early February and this victory lifts them up to fourth in the table ahead of the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.

In Serie A, Napoli remained three points clear at the top on Saturday after a hard-fought 1-0 win at Lecce while title rivals Inter Milan beat Verona by the same score ahead of their Champions League semi-final showdown with Barcelona.

Antonio Conte’s team are one step closer to a second league title in three seasons thanks to Giacomo Raspadori’s well-struck free-kick in the 24th minute of a match which was briefly stopped by home fans’ fiery protest against the league following the death of a beloved club physio.

Napoli need seven points from their final three games of the season against Genoa, Parma and Cagliari to guarantee a fourth league crown after their fourth straight win without conceding a goal.

And that’s assuming reigning champions Inter win all three of their concluding league matches at Torino, against Lazio and at 10th-placed Como, who earlier secured a fifth consecutive win in Serie A for the first time in their history with a 1-0 success at Parma.

Kristjan Asllani’s ninth-minute penalty ended up deciding Inter’s low-key win over Verona, who offered little even against a second-string line-up selected by Simone Inzaghi.

Meanwhile in La Liga, Barcelona survived a scare as they came from behind to beat already-relegated Real Valladolid 2-1 on Saturday to extend their lead and move one step closer to the title.

The Catalan giants heavily rotated with Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final clash at Inter Milan in mind and fell behind to Ivan Sanchez’s early deflected goal.

However second half strikes by Raphinha and Fermin Lopez helped Barca climb seven points clear of second-place champions Real Madrid, who host Celta Vigo on Sunday ahead of the Clasico on 11 May.

– © AFP 2025