They lost to Borussia and seemed to end their long unbeaten streak.
However, in the seventh minute of stoppage time, Josip Stanisic equalized.

Bayer Leverkusen, with its first Bundesliga champion title secured, rescued a 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund’s court this Sunday, thus continuing its series of 45 consecutive games without losing.

Behind on the scoreboard from 36 minutes into the second half after a superb volley from Niclas Füllkrug, Xabi Alonso’s men equalized through Croatian international Josip Stanisic in the seventh minute of injury time.

With 80 points to their credit with four games remaining, Leverkusen can still break the record for points in a season in the German championship, established by Jupp Heynckes’ Bayern Munich in 2012/13 with 91 points.

The club from the Cologne suburbs can still join Perugia (30 games in 1978/79), AC Milan (34 in 1991/92), Juventus (38 in 2011/12) and Arsenal (38 in 2003/04) in the select list of the only teams from the five major championships to close a season without losing in the league in tournaments with at least 30 games played by each team.
Leverkusen did not have Florian Wirtz or Exequiel Palacios or the Nigerian Victor Boniface at the start. The Argentine was the only one who did not leave the substitutes’ bench. And it is logical that Xabi Alonso gives his key players a rest because he also thinks about the treble: he has the German Cup and the Europa League ahead of him. However, the undefeated guy doesn’t want to give it away either.

In fact, it is the eighth game in 2024 that he scores a goal in injury time to win or tie.