Third-placed Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 0-0 Bundesliga draw at Bochum on Sunday with Moussa Diaby having a goal from the penalty kick spot ruled out.
The goal was disallowed because he slipped and touched the ball twice.
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The bizarre occurrence, with the ball looping up into the goal but not counting, was a rare highlight in a lacklustre game.
But the point does little to harm Bayer Leverkusen’s chances of finishing in the 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League places with five games to go.
Sunday’s later Bundesliga action also focuses on the race for the top four.
RB Leipzig in fourth host sixth-placed Hoffenheim and fifth-placed Freiburg are at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bayern Munich beat Augsburg 1-0 on Saturday to edge closer to their 10th straight Bundesliga title.
Results and standings Bundesliga (kick-off times in GMT):
Friday:
Stuttgart 0 Borussia Dortmund 2
Saturday:
Bayern Munich 1 Augsburg 0
Wolfsburg 4 Arminia Bielefeld 0
Cologne 3 Mainz 2
Greuther Fuerth 0 Bor. Moenchengladbach 2
Hertha Berlin 1 Union Berlin 4
Sunday:
Bochum 0 Bayer Leverkusen 0
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Freiburg 1530
Leipzig vs Hoffenheim 1730
P W D L F A Pts
1 Bayern Munich 29 22 3 4 86 29 69
2 Borussia Dortmund 29 19 3 7 70 42 60
3 Bayer Leverkusen 29 15 7 7 68 42 52
4 Leipzig 28 14 6 8 61 31 48
5 Freiburg 28 12 9 7 44 33 45
6 Hoffenheim 28 13 5 10 50 42 44
7 Union Berlin 29 12 8 9 38 39 44
8 Cologne 29 11 10 8 41 43 43
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 28 10 9 9 39 38 39
10 Mainz 29 11 5 13 43 36 38
11 Bor. Moenchengladbach 29 10 7 12 41 52 37
12 Bochum 29 10 6 13 30 40 36
13 Wolfsburg 29 10 4 15 33 45 34
14 Augsburg 29 8 8 13 34 46 32
15 Stuttgart 29 6 9 14 36 53 27
16 Arminia Bielefeld 29 5 11 13 23 43 26
17 Hertha Berlin 29 7 5 17 31 66 26
18 Greuther Fuerth 29 3 7 19 24 72 16
(dpa/NAN)