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.
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)
