Gutierrez stars in routine home win

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Patrik Schick continued his fine Bundesliga scoring run with an excellent volleyed finish from Gutierrez’s delivery on the stroke of half-time, before the full-back added a goal of his own after the interval.

A hard-fought opening was bereft of clear-cut chances, though Neil El Aynaoui and Ezechiel Banzuzi both tested Mark Flekken.

Aleix Garcia blazed over in response down the other end, before Romulo missed a glorious headed chance from inside the six-yard box for Leipzig.

Romulo thought he had made amends by teeing up Christopher Nkunku to finish, but a VAR check found the Brazilian striker offside in the build-up just past the half-hour mark.

Schick then steered at Maarten Vandevoordt, but the Leverkusen striker would not be denied, sliding to convert an inventive volley into the bottom-left corner, from Gutierrez’s deep left-sided cross.

El Aynaoui again tested Flekken from range after the interval, while Moussa Diaby should have done better with a 51st-minute chance, which was stopped by Vandevoordt.

But Leverkusen got its second soon after when Ibrahim Maza’s low delivery was only half-cleared to Gutierrez, whose left-footed drive slipped under a poor attempted save from Flekken.

Schick went close with another header before seeing a left-footed effort denied as Leverkusen claimed a second league win and made it four games unbeaten across all competitions.