German Bundesliga leader Bayer Leverkusen on was held to a 1-1 draw Saturday at Bochum, while chaser Bayern Munich staged an outstanding 3-1 performance against swamped defending champion Wolfsburg.

In a one-sided affair Leverkusen pressed midtable team Bochum into defence. Due to the well positioned defence by Bochum, Leverkusen needed 45 minutes to score the opener when striker Eren Derdiyok overcame Bochum defence in cooperation with Stefan Kiessling to mark the score into bottom right.

After the break at the 68th minute Bochum striker Zlatko Dedic scored the surprising equalizer. Midfielder Lewis Holtby assisted with a terrific through ball. Leverkusen pressed unsuccessfully for the winner and Bochum killed the clock.

Leverkusen remains on top with 45 points. Bochum stuck on 14th position.

Record champions Bayern Munich stretched their winning streak to eight and closed the gap to leader Leverkusen after the 3-1 victory over Wolfsburg.

Bayern took over control from kick-off against struggling Wolfsburg and went into the lead after just two minutes. Youngster striker Thomas Mueller showed good passing when he assisted midfielder Arjen Robben from the left wing. Robben netted in from 11 meters into bottom right. Wolfsburg put up for some resistance but failed to score.

With 26 minutes on the clock Bayern extended the lead. After a corner Wolfsburg failed to clear the ball from goal area, so that Bayern defender Daniel van Buyten nodded home from six meters into top left corner.

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