Harry Kane suffered an injury as Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw at home against reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Leverkusen took the lead after 31 minutes when Robert Andrich found the net, but Bayern equalized just eight minutes later with a spectacular long-range shot from Aleksandar Pavlovic.
Kane, the England captain, had a quiet game and limped off with a foot injury in the final minutes following a collision with Leverkusen’s Amine Adli. Bayern’s sporting director, Max Eberl, expressed uncertainty about the extent of Kane’s injury, noting, “When Harry leaves the field, it means something because he’s pretty tough.”
“It doesn’t look good,” Eberl added, “but we hope he’s made of strong English wood and nothing’s broken.”
Bayern’s Serge Gnabry came closest to breaking the deadlock in the second half, hitting the woodwork twice, but Leverkusen held firm for the draw.
“We definitely deserved more,” Bayern captain Manuel Neuer said. “We were clearly the better team and had the better chances. The goal we conceded was frustrating.”
Bayern had been dominant early in the game, with Dayot Upamecano receiving a yellow card for time-wasting and Leverkusen’s coach Xabi Alonso also cautioned for arguing with the referee.
Despite dominating possession, Bayern’s equalizer came through a moment of brilliance from Pavlovic after his earlier mistake led to Andrich’s goal. Serge Gnabry’s near misses in the second half kept the pressure on, but neither side could find a winner in the final minutes.
While Bayern remains three points clear of third-placed Leverkusen, Kane’s injury adds concern ahead of their busy schedule.
In other Bundesliga action, RB Leipzig thrashed Augsburg 4-0, with Benjamin Sesko scoring twice and assisting a goal, while Stuttgart snatched a late 2-2 draw against Wolfsburg, thanks to Deniz Undav’s stoppage-time goal.
Elsewhere, St Pauli secured their first top-division win since February 2011 with a 3-0 victory over Freiburg, and Borussia Moenchengladbach ended Union Berlin’s unbeaten run with a 1-0 win. Heidenheim claimed a 2-0 victory over 10-man Mainz.