Leversuken stretches Bundesliga winning run to four
Bayer Leverkusen eased past Freiburg 2-0 with goals from Ernest Poku and Edmond Tapsoba to stretch its unbeaten run in the Bundesliga to seven matches.
The 2024 German champion bounced back from its 7-2 home loss to Paris St Germain in the Champions League, to earn its fourth straight league win and confirm its upward trend under coach Kasper Hjulmand, who took over after the sacking of Erik ten Hag after just two matchdays.
Leverkusen moved to fourth place in the standings on 17 points, level with third-placed Borussia Dortmund and two points behind RB Leipzig in second. Bayern Munich leads the title race on a maximum 24 points after its 3-0 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Dutch youth international Poku fired the host into the lead with a superbly curled low shot in the 22nd minute before Tapsoba doubled it seven minutes after the restart, heading in from an Alex Grimaldo cross.
With Leverkusen, which travels to Bayern next week, in complete control, Poku should have added a third goal three minutes later but he was beaten in a one-on-one by Freiburg goalkeeper Noah Atubolu before Arthur sent the rebound wide.
Freiburg, which dropped to 11th place, was left with 10 men when Philipp Lienhart was dismissed with a second booking in the 74th minute, but despite overwhelming possession, Leverkusen could not add to its tally.
