In light of the surprise DFB Pokal elimination in Bremen, cooling the historic Rückrunde start of Dortmund, and the recent wins of Bayer 04, the stakes of Leverkusen vs Dortmund were quite high. The hosts, who despite a late scare overcame Stuttgart in a sloppy game, wanted to improve upon their narrow 2-1 loss against Hoffenheim a week ago and bring t…