Leverkusen on the master course: hunting for Bayern has started!

Bayer Leverkusen is ready after an impressive 3-2 victory against Borussia Dortmund to hunting the Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. The success in Dortmund marks the perfect start to 2025 and underlines the first -class development of the Leverkusener under coach Xabi Alonso. The team showed a disciplined performance, controlled the game and clearly punished the hosts, who had to do without numerous players. Leverkusen took the lead after 25 seconds through Nathan Tella, followed by another goal by Patrik Schick in the 8th and 19th minute.

The Leverkusenians triumphed in the last six Bundesliga games and fought their way into second place, now only one point behind Bavaria. "We are very satisfied with the performance and victory," emphasized Alonso. In the future, the goal is clear: In the upcoming home games against Mainz and Borussia Mönchengladbach, the deficit to Bavaria is to be further reduced. Goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky said that the team is ready to "stay as close to them as possible". This focus on performance is also shown in the positive record of 14 games without defeat.

Leverkusen's further success and squad strength

The team's ability to compensate for injury failures such as those of Victor Boniface and Amine Adli are particularly noteworthy. Patrik Schick, who scored eleven goals in the last league games, has established himself as a key player. "It wasn't just the goals. He worked a lot for the team. We need him," remarked Alonso. In addition to Schick, the freshly substituted Florian Wirtz also offers fresh options for the offensive.

With the aim of continuing to keep Bavaria at a distance, Leverkusen will play two games in the coming “English Week”, which are of crucial importance for their title fight. "We just look at ourselves," says Granit Xhaka, which shows the unconditional will of the team to continue their path consistently. In this sense, Leverkusen looks optimistic about the upcoming challenges and shows that they are ready for the title fight, as well as oe24.at and

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