Leverkusen climbs to fourth after St. Pauli rout
Bayer Leverkusen climbed to fourth place in the Bundesliga after a commanding 4-0 win over relegation-threatened St. Pauli.
Jarell Quansah and Patrik Schick struck early on at the BayArena, before second-half efforts from Edmond Tapsoba and Ernest Poku completed the rout.
The hosts broke the deadlock in the 13th minute, when Quansah headed home Poku's dangerous cross via the underside of the crossbar.
It was 2-0 just 98 seconds later with Schick, who was initially denied by St. Pauli goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj, nodding in from Lucas Vazquez's centre.
Leverkusen stretched their lead seven minutes into the second half, as Aleix Garcia's corner was headed in by Tapsoba.
Substitute Christian Kofane went close before Poku added a fourth 12 minutes from time, cutting inside on his left foot before beating Vasilj with a superb long-range strike.
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