• Leaders Bayern lack cutting edge at Leverkusen without Lewandowski • Dortmund triumph after bouncing back from trauma of bomb attack

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The German champions and league leaders Bayern Munich sorely missed top scorer Robert Lewandowski as they were held to a goalless draw at 10-man Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.

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The stalemate left Bayern top of the Bundesliga with 69 points from 29 games, eight more than closest rivals RB Leipzig who booked Champions League football next season for the first time in the club’s history with a 4-0 home win over Freiburg.

Still reeling from Wednesday’s 2-1 home defeat by holders Real Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final first leg, Bayern again lacked a cutting edge without Lewandowski who is struggling to recover from a shoulder injury.

The prolific Pole has scored 38 goals in 40 games in all competitions this season and Bayern could have done with his lethal finishing against Leverkusen as they missed a barrage of gilt-edged chances.

Arturo Vidal, Kingsley Coman, Thiago Alcântara and Thomas Müller, playing as the lone striker in a makeshift formation, all came close before the home side had Croatian defender Tin Jedvaj sent off on the hour for a second bookable foul.

Substitute Philipp Lahm missed Bayern’s final and best chance in the 85th minute when he dragged his shot wide from five yards with only goalkeeper Bernd Leno to beat, after a good run and cross by Müller.

Leverkusen, who have won only one of their last eight league games, moved up one place to 11th with 36 points from 29 games.

Borussia Dortmund bounced back from the trauma of the midweek bomb attack on their team bus and the Champions League defeat by Monaco to earn an emotion-filled 3-1 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt.

Marco Reus, who struck with an audacious back heel after just two minutes, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were all on target after the Dortmund fans gave their players a rousing reception back at the Westfalenstadion.

Hoffenheim beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-3 to stay a point clear of fourth-placed Dortmund, remaining on course for a best-ever Bundesliga finish and a maiden Champions League berth.

Their cause was helped by defeat for fifth-placed Hertha Berlin who went down 1-0 at lowly Mainz.