Christian Pulisic scores however Borussia Dortmund’s title dream retains slipping away

Christian Pulisic scored his third objective of the Bundesliga season on Saturday however it wasn’t sufficient to present Borussia Dortmund the three factors it desperately wanted to maintain tempo with German leaders Bayern Munich.

As a substitute, Dortmund was compelled to accept a 2-2 tie at Werder Bremen. The Black and Yellow now trails Bayern — which beat relegated Hannover earlier Saturday — by 4 factors with two video games remaining.

Pulisic’s strike opened the scoring. It got here on an excellent particular person run simply over 5 minutes into the competition:

The guests have been rolling when Paco Alcácer made it 2-0 deep within the first half. However the sport went sideways for BVB throughout a 5 minute spell that started within the seventieth minute.

Bremen supervisor Florian Kohfeldt seemed like a genius when each of his substitutes, Kevin Mohwald and 40-year-old Claudio Pizarro, scored to even issues up at two.

With the clock ticking towards the ultimate whistle and each groups going for the win, Pulisic had one other golden alternative to be the hero. This time, the American pulled a half-shot, half-cross throughout the face of Jiri Pavlenka’s web. It was as shut as Dortmund would get.

Bayern is now the clear favourite to win its seventh consecutive German title. Barring a serious slip up by the Bavarians in both of their final two video games, at RB Leipzig and at house to Eintracht Frankfurt, Dortmund, which had an enormous lead on its chief rival earlier this season, will accept a runner-up medal for the fourth time within the final seven seasons.

Dortmund meets Fortuna Dusseldorf and Borussia Monchengladbach in its final two matches. BVB was the final crew to win the Bundesliga earlier than Bayern went on its present run in 2012.