Harry Kane paraded the Ballon d'Or before kickoff. By the end of Der Klassiker, he had hit the crossbar from the penalty spot, hit the post from open play, and watched a substitute steal the game in the 89th minute. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund drew 2–2 at the Allianz Arena in a wild, woodwork-rattling classic that leaves them level on 18 points at the top of the Bundesliga, Bayern ahead only on goal difference.
The evening started as a coronation — Kane, who won his prize in London on Monday, holding the golden ball aloft for the home crowd — and turned into a war of attrition. Bayern lost Ismael Saibari and Serge Gnabry to injury inside the first 31 minutes, and goalkeeper Jonas Urbig needed treatment too. Still they led at the break: Michael Olise released Konrad Laimer in the 38th minute, and after Gregor Kobel blocked his first effort, Laimer converted the rebound.
The game turned on the penalty. Felix Nmecha handled Kane's volley in the 56th minute, and the most reliable finisher in Europe stepped up — and thundered his spot-kick off the crossbar, only the second miss in his last 27 attempts. Four minutes later he was punished twice over: Nico Schlotterbeck dispossessed Kane himself to launch the move that ended with Serhou Guirassy levelling for Dortmund.
Kane answered the only way he could. In the 66th minute Joshua Kimmich chipped to the far post, Kane headed back across goal, and Dayot Upamecano tapped in for 2–1. It should have been the winner. But Bayern — who hit the woodwork four times on the night, Kane's late low shot off the post among them — never got the third goal, and Michael Olise limped off injured in the 84th minute to complete their casualty list.
Dortmund smelled it. In the 89th minute, Konstantinos Karetsas charged down Aleksandar Pavlović's attempted clearance, the ball broke to Fábio Silva — on as a substitute in the 76th — and he turned and finished low into the corner. The away end erupted. Bayern still nearly won it at the death: Lennart Karl struck the crossbar with the last kick of the game.
Two teams, level on points, level on the night, separated by nothing but goal difference and a few inches of aluminium. Der Klassiker delivered the Bundesliga's game of the season — and left its title race exactly where it found it.
