Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Eintracht Frankfurt 3: 1 (2: 0)
The team has the opening game of the third day Leverkusen won. She defeated the guests from Frankfurt 3: 1 (2-0).
After a free kick, Leverkusen took the lead early through Alejandro Grimaldo (10th). Shortly before the break, the Leverkusener Patrik Schick increased to 2: 0 (45.+4) after a penalty. Can Uzun scored the connection goal for Eintracht in the 52nd minute.
A few minutes later (59.) Robert Andrich had to leave the field because of a yellow-red card. From then on, Bayer 04 Leverkusen only played too tenth and the last minutes of the game even only too ninth. Equi Fernández received the yellow-red card (90.+2) shortly before the end of the game. In the 90th+8th Grimaldo hit the game in this game a second time, again it was a free kick goal.
With this outnumbered victory, the Leverkuseners were able to break the Eintracht series series after three games and three victories in this Bundesliga season. For Bayer Leverkusen, it was the first win of the season and the debut game of his new coach Kaspar Hjulmand.
“Three points – I’m very happy,” said Hjulmand after the game. It was an evening where a lot had happened. “We got a clear task of what to do on the pitch, nothing complicated,” said Bayer goal scorer Patrick Schick in an interview with the broadcaster Sky. “This victory helps us a lot.”
