Leverkusen’s unbeaten streak continues. The German champion saved a point in a heart attack ending

16 hours ago, 27/04/2024 20:41
René Machálek/Livesport
photo: Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga

However, they were able to take an early lead against the newly crowned champions. Serhou Guirassa got on top of Leonidas Stergiou’s excellent cross, but his powerful header went just wide of Lukáš Hrádecký’s goal post. After less than half an hour of the game, Leverkusen also had a say. Alejandro Grimaldo ideally ran onto a pass behind the defense, and although after his unsuccessful shot the ball bounced perfectly to the boots of Schick, the Czech striker could not adjust his sights sufficiently from the first and sent the stop from the first just over.

Shortly after the change of sides, the Švábos punished the unconverted Tutovka. Jamie Leweling got free on the right side of the field and fired towards the goal, his subsequent attempt, although the attentive Hrádecky hit the bar as he arrived from the first touch, but showed Schick Führich and the guests’ surprising lead was born. Another shock came in the 56th minute, when Undav helped himself to Andrich with his hands on the edge of regulation and increased his team’s lead by finishing against the post. Just a moment later, however, Bayer’s hopes of league invincibility were brought back to real levels by Amine Adli, who took the ball on the edge of the goal, moved it to the left and lowered it with a quick shot. In the set time, the unreal power of the newly minted champion was once again demonstrated at the end of the matches. After a free kick in the 97th minute, Andrich got to the rebounded ball, which burned through everything that stood in his way.

Munich get silverware, Frankfurt shoot down record-seeking Kane

However, less than 10 minutes of the game had passed and the captain of the English national team reduced the lead of his Polish predecessor by one goal. The guests showed a misunderstanding in the middle of the field in the passing game, which Konrad Laimer took advantage of and after a separate escape presented the ball to Kane, who easily scored. However, the Eagles’ response did not take long. In the 23rd minute, Hugo Ekitike went past two defenders and beat Manuel Neuer with a curling projectile from outside the box. Thomas Müller could have restored the lead to the Bavarians almost immediately, but his attempt from a wide angle just missed along the goal line. Raphaël Guerreiro also came close to scoring just before going to the locker room, as he tried to knock Müller’s pass into the goal. However, the ball from Kevin Trapp just hit Frankfurt’s post.

About an hour into the game, Robin Koch fouled the onrushing Müller in his own goal and a penalty kick was awarded. As expected, Kane took it and cut another piece from Lewandowski’s record with a precise shot. This moment put the home favorite in the saddle, from which he never got off. Bayern dominated the pitch, had the upper hand in the number of shots and ball possession, but they were not lucky enough to add an insurance policy. However, the Eagles did not at all give the impression that they wanted to do something with the development of the encounter, and Die Roten brought the duel to a successful end.

Leipzig dominated the direct battle for fourth place, BVB was not helped even by Sancho’s famous intervention

After 10 minutes of play, home goalkeeper Péter Gulácsi made a famous save, deflecting Niclas Füllkrug’s perfectly aimed header at the right post. Even Julian Brandt’s long-range shot missed the Hungarian keeper. Sancho took the floor in the 20th minute, who launched himself with an uncatchable technical blow to the right gallows. However, BVB’s lead only lasted a very short time when Openda scored from close range after a cross from the left wing. The fans of Dortmund were really stunned when Xavi Simons hit the ground, which stamped the left post. Leipzig eventually took the lead in the setting of the first half, when Benjamin Šeško fired exactly under the crossbar from the stop.

Borussia experienced a tragic start to the second act. The bulls went immediately after the whistle to renumber, at the end of which Mohamed Simakan was the successful scorer. BVB legend Marco Reus had a contact shot on his head, but goalkeeper Gulácsi once again proved his qualities. Borussia’s players were lucky in the 74th minute, when a quick counterattack by the Bulls ended with Openda’s pinpoint shot that went just wide of the right post. Christoph Baumgartner provided the last goal contribution six minutes later.

German League – Round 31:
Augsburg – Bremen 0:3 (52. Schmid, 61. Ducksch from pen., 90. Deman)
Bayern Munich – Eintracht Frankfurt 2:1 (9th and 61st from pen. Kane – 23rd Ekitike)
Freiburg – Wolfsburg 1:2 (43rd own Bornauw – 82nd Arnold, 90th Wimmer),
Leipzig – Dortmund 4:1 (24. Openda, 45.+2 Šeško, 47. Simakan, 80. Baumgartner – 20. Sancho),
Leverkusen – Stuttgart 2:2 (62. Adli, 90.+7 Andrich – 47. Führich, 57. Undav).

Table:

1.	Leverkusen	31	25	6	0	77:22	81
2.	Bayern Munich	31	22	3	6	89:38	69
3.	Stuttgart	31	20	4	7	70:38	64
4.	Leipzig	31	19	5	7	73:35	62
5.	Dortmund	31	16	9	6	59:39	57
6.	Eintracht Frankfurt	31	11	12	8	47:42	45
7.	Freiburg	31	11	7	13	43:55	40
8.	Augsburg	31	10	9	12	48:52	39
9.	Hoffenheim	31	11	6	14	55:63	39
10.	Bremen	31	10	7	14	41:50	37
11.	Heidenheim	30	8	10	12	43:52	34
12.	Wolfsburg	31	9	7	15	37:51	34
13.	Monchengladbach	30	7	10	13	53:60	31
14.	Bochum	31	6	12	13	37:62	30
15.	Union Berlin	30	8	5	17	26:50	29
16.	Mainz	30	5	12	13	31:48	27
17.	Cologne	30	4	10	16	11:53 p.m	22
18.	Darmstadt	30	3	8	19	30:72	17