BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Bayern Munich leaked a late equaliser in yesterday’s 1-1 home draw with Freiburg, to leave them four points adrift of Borussia Dortmund before next weekend’s Bundesliga showdown.

Having laboured to a 2-1 win at fourth-tier part-timers Roedinghausen in the German Cup on Tuesday, Bayern struggled again at Allianz Arena — exactly a week before they travel to leaders Dortmund in a top-of-the-table clash.

This was the first time Freiburg have left Munich with a point since 1997.

Bayern’s star-studded attack needed 80 minutes to break the deadlock when Serge Gnabry dribbled through the defence and struck his shot low into the bottom right-hand corner.

However, Freiburg showed heart when Lucas Hoeler beat Bayern centre backs Niklas Suele and Jerome Boateng to equalise on 89 minutes, leaving Munich head coach Niko Kovac shaking his head in frustration.

There could be more bad news coming for Kovac as Borussia Moenchengladbach can leapfrog Bayern into second by beating strugglers Fortuna Duesseldorf at home on Sunday.

Dortmund restored their four-point lead over Bayern with a 1-0 win at Wolfsburg as club captain Marco Reus headed their first-half winner.

Injuries to Lukasz Piszczek and Marcel Schmelzer meant Dortmund had to reshuffle their defence, and they struggled to finish their chances.

England winger Jadon Sancho, 18, who has already set up six league goals this season, fired in another superb cross from the left wing which Thomas Delaney headed back towards Reus, who steered the ball inside the post with his head on 28 minutes.

It was Dortmund’s 30th goal in just their 10th league game, but a far from polished performance from the leaders.

Dortmund striker Paco Alcacer, in his first game back after injury, failed to add to his tally after scoring seven goals in his first four Bundesliga appearances.

RB Leipzig climbed to third in the table as Germany striker Timo Werner netted twice in their 3-0 romp at Hertha Berlin, which dropped to eighth.

This was Hertha’s heaviest home defeat since Leipzig hammered them 6-2 at the Olympic Stadium last May, when Werner also found the target.

After two huge wins on the road Bayer Leverkusen, who thrashed Werder Bremen 6-2 last Sunday and hammered Borussia Moenchengladbach 5-0 in the German Cup in midweek, crashed to a 4-1 defeat at home to Hoffenheim, whose Brazilian striker Joelinton scored twice.

English teenager Reiss Nelson, on loan from Arsenal, was again lethal on the right wing as the 18-year-old claimed his fifth goal in just six Bundesliga games, this time from the edge of the area on 19 minutes.