Bayer Leverkusen stretched their season-long unbeaten run to 50 video games with a 5-0 win at 10-man Bochum on Sunday. Bochum defeated a 10-man Leverkusen in Could 2023, the final facet to beat Xabi Alonso‘s facet in any competitors, however the tables turned on Sunday with Leverkusen’s targets coming from 5 completely different scorers. Alonso’s league champions are only one recreation away from the primary unbeaten Bundesliga season and three video games from a exceptional treble.

Leverkusen midfielder Robert Andrich advised DAZN he had his sights set on a “distinctive” triple.

“We could not have imagined how a lot the Bundesliga title meant to the membership and the followers.

“Subsequent week we’ll maintain the trophy excessive in our personal stadium, which might be emotional and delightful. After that we’re off to Dublin and Berlin and we need to seize each titles and go on vacation with the triple in our backpacks.”

Inside three days in late Could, Leverkusen face Atalanta within the Europa League closing in Dublin earlier than taking over second-division Kaiserslautern within the German Cup closing.

Bochum misplaced a person early when Felix Passlack noticed pink for a last-man foul on Nathan Tella.

With attacking midfield maestro Florian Wirtz lacking by damage, Alonso began strikers Victor Boniface and Patrik Schick and each had a purpose by half-time.

Schick blasted in an Arthur cross with an excellent first-touch end after 41 minutes. Boniface transformed a penalty 5 minutes later after Tella was fouled within the field.

Amine Adli, introduced on for Schick with 20 minutes remaining,  headed in a nook to make it 3-0.

Josip Stanisic, who scored in stoppage time to maintain Leverkusen’s unbeaten run alive towards Roma within the Europa League on Thursday, added a fourth with three minutes remaining earlier than organising Alex Grimaldo’s purpose within the closing moments.

No Kane, no drawback for Bayern

Thomas Tuchel’s closely modified Bayern Munich line-up made brief work of Wolfsburg at house, successful 2-0 to leapfrog Stuttgart into second spot.

Tuchel made eight modifications to the facet eradicated from the Champions League with a 2-1 loss at Actual Madrid on Wednesday, with England captain Harry Kane, out with again points, lacking his first league match of the season.

If the England captain returns subsequent week, Kane — at the moment on 36 league targets this season — could have only one match remaining to try to attain Robert Lewandowski‘s all-time document of 41.

Bayern captain Manuel Neuer was proud together with his facet for bouncing again after the disappointing and controversial loss to Actual.

“We have been in management for over 90 minutes and obtained into the sport properly, that was essential,” Neuer advised DAZN.

“Actual was troublesome to take care of, at this time we needed to ignore it – we did a great job of that.”

The win sends Bayern two factors away from Stuttgart in second with one recreation remaining.

Croatian midfielder Lovro Zvonarek, aged simply 19, celebrated his first begin by scoring after 4 minutes. Leon Goretzka was arrange by Thomas Mueller simply 10 minutes later.

4 minutes after Goretzka’s purpose, Spain winger Bryan Zaragoza, additionally making his first league begin for Bayern, had a purpose was dominated out for offside.

Bayern, who will end the season with no trophy for the primary time since 2012, regularly took the sting out of the match and handed out additional debuts within the closing phases.

Israel goalkeeper Daniel Peretz got here on late within the second half, changing Bayern captain Manuel Neuer who was taking part in his five hundredth Bundesliga recreation. Youngsters Matteo Perez Vinlof and Jonathan Asp-Jensen additionally got here on.

“Daniel has given the workforce a lot and proven good performances, he merely deserves to get minutes,” stated Neuer.

The loss means Wolfsburg are but to win within the Bavarian capital after 27 video games.

Earlier on Sunday, Hoffenheim boosted their probabilities of qualifying for Europe with a 6-0 demolition of already relegated Darmstadt.

Each Ihlas Bebou and Maximilian Beier scored doubles with Pavel Kaderabek and former Liverpool centre-back Ozan Kabak including targets towards the last-placed workforce.

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