Leverkusen rolls on as Eintracht is overwhelmed
Bayer Leverkusen extended its unbeaten streak as it secured a 5-1 away victory at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga.
The result leaves champion Leverkusen at the summit with 84 points, while Frankfurt is sixth with 45.
Leverkusen's record unbeaten run, meanwhile, has now extended to 48 matches across all competitions and has equalled the 59-year-old record held by Benfica for the longest unbeaten run in post-World Ward II European football.
Xabi Alonso's team opened the scoring through Granit Xhaka's bending strike from outside the box after 12 minutes.
Hugo Ekitike's perfectly timed header restored parity just after the half-hour mark, however.
Leverkusen retook the lead just before half-time through Patrik Schick's towering header.
It was 3-1 in the 58th minute, Exequiel Palacios converting a penalty after Niels Nkounkou pulled Nathan Tella by the shirt.
Jeremie Frimpong added a fourth for the visitors with 13 minutes remaining, tapping in from short distance, before the wing-back played a key role in Leverkusen's fifth, winning a penalty which was put away by Victor Boniface.
Leverkusen has now scored 82 goals in this Bundesliga season, a new season record for the Werkself in the top flight.
It also leads the Bundesliga for the most goals from long-distance (11), most goals from set-pieces (23) and most goals in the final 15 minutes of matches (19).
