In the third minute of the game, Granit Xhaka made a clear shot from outside the penalty area to give the home team the lead, but five minutes later, after a long pass, Silvan Vidmar dropped the ball to Dominik Kor, who equalized.
“Bayer” returned to the lead in the 68th minute, when the visiting goalkeeper Robins Zentner clumsily played the ball after Robert Andrich’s kick from a distance.
The previous record – a 32-match unbeaten streak – belonged to “Bayern” Munich, which achieved a positive result in matches from December 2020 to September 2021. Last season, “Bayer” lost 0:3 to “Bochum” in the last round of the Bundesliga and continues to be unbeaten in the Bundesliga, the German Cup and the UEFA Europa League.
Xavi Alonso’s Leverkusen side are close to shedding their ironic nicknames “Neverkusen” and “Vizekusen” this season as they have never won the German championship. , remaining in second place five times, the last time in 2011. Since 2013, only “Bayern” Munich has become the champion of Germany.
Leverkusen footballers have accumulated 61 points in 23 matches, or 11 more than the vice-leader “Bayern”, who will meet the Leipzig team at home on Saturday.
