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RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund played to a thrilling 2-2 draw on Wednesday, but the match’s closing moments were overshadowed by a controversial non-call that has sparked outrage from the Dortmund camp. The result leaves Bayern Munich with a comfortable eight-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga table.
Dortmund manager Niko Kovac was furious after a challenge between Karim Adeyemi and Castello Lukeba went unpenalized in the dying seconds of the game. “That’s a scythe, that’s a sweep!” Kovac exclaimed to Sky, referencing judo techniques. “I don’t know what we saw in the studio, but apparently the wrong thing.”
Kovac was referring to the video assistant referee (VAR). He insisted the on-field referee, Benjamin Brand, couldn’t have seen the incident clearly, but the VAR should have intervened. “The referee can’t see that, but the person in the studio has the images we have,” he said. “That’s a wrong decision. He hits him.”
Sporting director Sebastian Kehl echoed Kovac’s sentiments, stating, “The VAR should have intervened, they should have pointed to the spot. Then the game might have turned out differently.” Kehl added that Adeyemi simply “does what a striker does” in such situations, and that the challenge was a clear foul.
Despite the late controversy, Dortmund managed to salvage a point thanks to a 95th-minute equalizer from Fabio Silva, assisted by Adeyemi. Leipzig had taken a 2-0 lead through goals from Christoph Baumgartner (20’, 39’), before Romulo’s own goal (50’) brought Dortmund back into the contest. Leipzig remains in fifth place in the Bundesliga standings.
