Arturo Vidal Penalty Pulls Bayer Leverkusen Level With Bayern Munich

After a tight opening half-hour, Arturo Vidal has equalized from the spot for Bayer Leverkusen after Mario Gómez had given Bayern Munich the lead. The visitors started off on the front foot and thought Bastian Schweinsteiger had put them in front after just two minutes, but the German international’s effort was disallowed for offside. Bayern continued to dominate the possession but didn’t do too much with it, while Leverkusen looked to catch the champions on the break. Despite Bayern having the better of the play, the hosts created several good opportunities - Eren Derdiyok had a free header easily saved by Hans-Jörg Butt and Sidney Sam hit the crossbar.

However, it was FCB who took the lead on thirty-four minutes; Thomas Müller’s cross found Schweinsteiger, who chipped the ball to the back post where Mario Gómez tapped in for his eighth goal of the Bundesliga season. Bayern’s lead didn’t last long, just like in the matches between these two sides last season, Leverkusen were level shortly after Bayern’s opener. Daniel Pranjic tripped the irrepressible Sidney Sam at the edge of the box and Florian Meyer pointed to the spot. Arturo Vidal took up the responsibility, and sent Butt the wrong way to bring Bayer level with the last kick of the first half.