A stalemate on matchday 7!

Takuma Asano had the first chance for the visitors after only a few seconds, but his shot posed no problem for Janis Blaswich. RBL took control of the game after that and pinned Bochum in their own half. Lois Openda went to ground in the opposition box in the 16th minute, but Keven Schlotterbeck's challenge wasn't judged to be a foul. Things were different ten minutes later, however, as the referee awarded a penalty following a foul on Xavi, but Manuel Riemann was equal to our number 20's effort from the spot. Bochum had another chance in the 35th minute after Asano latched onto a flick-on, but Castello Jr. did just enough to put the Japanese international off his stride.

VfL looked to get on the attack more after the break, with Kevin Stöger's free-kick going narrowly wide in the 48th minute. Both teams looked a bit rudderless up until the 61st minute. Substitute Yussuf Poulsen was bundled over in the box, but Emil Forsberg missed the chance to put Leipzig into the lead from 12 yards out once again. RBL turned up the heat and had some more good chances through Openda (71') and Poulsen (77'), but our boys just couldn't find a winner.