Bayern Munich were forced to wait at least another week for their fourth successive Bundesliga title after they were held 1-1 at home by Borussia Moenchengladbach yesterday.

The Bavarians, needing to win to clinch the title with two games to spare, were on course when Thomas Mueller gave them a sixth-minute lead, but Andre Hahn stunned the Allianz Arena with a second-half equaliser for the Foals.

Second-placed Borussia Dortmund closed the gap to five points by thrashing Wolfsburg 5-1, helped by two second-half goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The Bavarians were hoping to celebrate winning the title in front of their own fans for the first time since 2000.

Bayern’s next opportunity to wrap up the title comes at Bavarian rivals Ingolstadt next weekend, once their UEFA Champions League destiny will also have been determined.

Bayern coach Pep Guardiola made eight changes from the side which was beaten by Atletico Madrid in midweek with captain Philipp Lahm among those rested and Jerome Boateng returning after 99 days on the sidelines.

Indeed, only Manuel Neuer, Juan Bernat and Kingsley Coman kept their place in the Bayern starting XI against a Gladbach side unchanged from last weekend.

That also meant a return for Mueller, who Guardiola admitted he may have been wrong to leave out against Atletico, and he made an immediate impact, putting Bayern in front after six minutes with a header from Joshua Kimmich’s corner.

Bayern had more than one hand on the title by this stage, but Gladbach were not going to stand aside and let the celebrations begin.

They scored a deserved equaliser with substitute Lars Stindl threading the needle with his pass through to Hahn, who held off Medhi Benatia before driving his low shot into the bottom corner of Neuer’s goal.

Bayern responded with attack after attack, aware that the title would not be theirs with just a draw.

As they threw all caution to the wind, and Neuer advanced beyond the halfway line for a free-kick deep in injury time, they were almost caught out with Stindl trying to score from almost 70 yards, but he missed the target just like Bayern missed out on the title... at least for another week.

Bundesliga results
B. Munich vs B. M’gladbach - 1-1
B. Dortmund vs Wolfsburg - 5-1
B. Leverkusen vs Hertha Berlin - 2-1
Darmstadt vs E. Frankfurt - 1-2
Hanover vs Schalke - 1-3
Hoffenheim vs Ingolstadt - 2-1
Mainz vs Hamburg - 0-0

Tomorrow:
W. Bremen vs Stuttgart - 20.15