Leverkusen reclaim top spot, send Union to bottom of Bundesliga table

The Westphalian hosts enjoyed well over 70 percent possession in the opening 20 minutes, yet were unable to find the gaps against Fischer’s deep-seated defense. While Xabi’s team weren’t anywhere near as sloppy in attack as they were on Thursday, no real chances materialized until Alexandro Grimaldo netted the 1-0 on the first real opportunity of the game. The newly called-up Spanish international scored an absolute dream goal with a powerful driven effort from about 17 meters out on the half left.

Bayer remained the clearly better side for the duration of the half. Germany’s red company team easily could have led by many more goals. Unfortunately, some of Victor Boniface’s finishing issues from close-range persisted. Matters weren’t all that different after the restart. Union failed to threaten in search of an equalizer. Kossounou finally doubled Leverkusen’s advantage with a headed finish off a Jonas Hofmann corner in the 56th.

The third goal should have come two minutes later, but FCU keeper Frederick Rønnow and defender Jerome Roussillon made a fantastic double-save on Frimpong in the 58th. Leverkusen pressure continued and Jonathan Tah finally added the decisive 3-0 off a Grimalo corner in the 73rd. With the result effectively decided, substitutes Adli and Tella combined to add an exclamation point in the 84th. Tella finished off a counter he himself initiated.

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