Borussia Dortmund Humiliated By Bayer Leverkusen In Erling Haaland's Absence
Borussia Dortmund's Bundesliga title hopes were left in tatters on Sunday as they crashed to a 5-2 defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen, with injured star striker Erling Haaland forced to watch from the sidelines. In a game they had to win to keep the pace in the title race, Dortmund's calamitous defending saw them slump to a sixth defeat of the season and fall further behind league leaders Bayern Munich. They are now nine points adrift of the top, with their lead over third-placed Leverkusen slashed to just five points.
