Watch the clip of the German league match in which the Leverkusen players beat Wolfsburg. The Czech striker Patrik Schick also made a significant contribution to this.
1:28
Editing of the match Leverkusen-Wolfsburg | Video: Associated Press
On Sunday, Bayer hosted their opponents as the leading team in the table and after Saturday’s big 8:1 win over Mainz, Bayern wanted to restore the lead over the Munich team to ten points.
But the “Wolves” resisted, and in the 22nd minute, the post helped them after Florian Wirtz’s shot.
One of the key moments came in the 28th minute. Schick picked up the opponent’s return pass, was at the ball before Moritz Jenz, poked it past him and the masked defender stepped on the toe of his boot. Jenz saw a yellow card, and since he already had one, he was packing for a red from the pitch.
Leverkusen took advantage of the power play soon. Alejandro Grimaldo got the ball rolling as he made a stunning clearance with his back foot and his subsequent cross was headed into the net by Nathan Tella.
In the second half, the favorite secured victory against a weakened opponent with a second goal in the end, Wirtz made his mark in the 86th minute.
Schick was already on the substitutes’ bench, having made way for Borjo Iglesias eight minutes earlier.
Another Czech striker Adam Hložek, on the other hand, came on the pitch in the 90th minute, his compatriot Matěj Kovář was not even among the substitutes.
Leverkusen claimed their sixth win in a row in the Bundesliga, they still haven’t lost a single competitive game this season and their streak has stretched to 36 games.
But they still don’t want to talk about the title in BayArena. “To be honest, I would wait a little longer,” said coach Xabi Alonso.
“I think April will be the right time, we still have a lot of games. The next Bundesliga one in Freiburg, then we have Hoffenheim. We want to go step by step. Sure, the situation is great, but we take it as nothing is certain, ” added the Leverkusen strategist.
In addition, his team is also in the game for the trophy in the German Cup, where it will face second-division Düsseldorf in the semi-finals, and in the Europa League, in which it drew 2:2 on the ground of Karabakh in the first match of the round of 16.
