The difference between Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund was that Leverkusen came back from 0-2 down against Bayern Munich, which is really good for the Bundesliga in general, whereas Dortmund had a big chance against Bayern at home and messed it up so badly, I gave Dortmund the benefit of the doubt and was hoping for them to play their best game and give Bayern Munich a hard time, but after that defeat I knew that this season is going to be no different than any of the seasons in over a decade now. It is either Leverkusen or nobody to stop Bayern.
In line with you, there is no club that is more promising to break Bayern Munchen dominance this season than Bayer Laverkusen, Dortmund or any other team that needs a miracle other than their own efforts if they have the ambition to win the Bundesliga trophy. Throughout the club history, Laverkusen have never won the Bundesliga, I see their best opportunity is this season. However, this is not easy to do, because we know that Thomas Tuchel squad has all the attributes to defend the championship trophy again this season.
On the other hand, if Xabi squad is still unbeaten for half the season, then I am quite sure they will be able to realize their dream of winning a trophy. However, we always see that sometimes the storm of injuries throws all the club ambitions into disarray. If we can avoid the storm of injuries then everything will be fine.
Really, really uncertain about that as Bayern has scored 22 goals in their last 5 games alone and I am bringing this up because usually when Bayern struggles, they struggle. This time it was the case in the DFB Pokal, and I somehow knew that this doesn't mean anything good for the Bundesliga because the only way to make up for that is to function like robots and destroy their opponents, which is what they are doing. Their breath can be much deeper than that of Leverkusen.
My guess would be that Leverkusen needs at least 83 points to have a chance to win the title this season. That would put them at 15 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss out of the 23 remaining games. And this would only hold true if Bayern Munich doesn't perform better than that. But it is good to know that the second game Leverkusen - Bayern will be a home game for Leverkusen. Though let's first see if Leverkusen can go at this pace for much longer.