Bayer Leverkusen Miss Chance To Top Bundesliga

By Daily sports on January 3, 2021

Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen blew the chance to top the Bundesliga Saturday after stumbling to a 2-1 defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt following a second-half own goal by Edmond Tapsoba.

With leaders Bayern Munich at home to strugglers Mainz on Sunday, Leverkusen squandered the opportunity to reclaim first place as the Bundesliga returned from a two-week winter break.

Leverkusen also lost to Bayern by the same scoreline before Christmas.

“I have made my feelings clear in the dressing room,” Leverkusen head coach Peter Bosz told Sky.

“We deserved to lose – Frankfurt had a better claim to the victory.”

Leverkusen midfielder Nadiem Amiri scored with a deft back-heel flick to give the visitors the lead after only 10 minutes in Frankfurt.

The hosts drew level 12 minutes later when Amin Younes got in behind the defence to score.

Frankfurt grabbed the winner when Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada put in a cross, which Leverkusen’s Burkina Faso defender Tapsoba turned into his own net.

Before kickoff, Frankfurt director Fredi Bobic confirmed reports his club are interested in Bayern’s teenage striker Joshua Zirkzee, after selling Dutch forward Bas Dost to Brugge.

Zirkzee could back up Frankfurt's top-scorer Andre Silva, who has nine league goals this season.

“He is a good, young footballer with a lot of potential and we are looking for a player of his profile,” said Fredi Bobic of Zirkzee.

Third-placed RB Leipzig can bridge the two-point gap and jump into first place if they win later at Stuttgart. (AFP)

•PHOTO: Bayer Leverkusen players 

Source Daily sports

Posted January 3, 2021


 

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