Bayer Leverkusen stays high in Bundesliga, Union Berlin slumps to a different defeat

BERLIN — Álex Grimaldo scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen stayed high of the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 3-2 win at Hoffenheim.

But coach Xabi Alonso’s staff needed to work exhausting for its ninth win from 10 video games, after letting a two-goal lead slip.

Florian Wirtz scored within the ninth minute after combining brilliantly with Victor Boniface, and Grimaldo added one other with a tremendous strike from distance earlier than the break.

Hoffenheim’s Anton Stach pulled one again within the 56th after intercepting a poor go from Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, and Wout Weghorst equalized two minutes later after Maximilian Beier’s preliminary effort struck the publish.

Grimaldo had the ultimate say within the seventieth when Boniface despatched the ball again to him to unleash one other fierce shot into the highest nook.

Union Berlin slumped to its twelfth consecutive defeat, a 3-0 loss at house to Eintracht Frankfurt, that deepens the sense of disaster on the former overachiever.

PHOTOS: Bayer Leverkusen stays high in Bundesliga, Union Berlin slumps to a different defeat

Union coach Urs Fischer might solely watch helplessly as Omar Marmoush scored for Frankfurt within the second minute, then add one other objective within the 14th.

Union’s unhealthy luck continued as David Datro Fofana hit the crossbar in response.

Mario Götze arrange Spanish teenager Nacho Ferri to seal the guests’ win within the 82nd. It was Union’s eighth straight defeat within the league, after ending fourth final season.

Vincenzo Grifo scored a penalty in harm time for Freiburg to attract with Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-3. Jordan Pefok netted for Gladbach earlier than going off injured. It was the American’s first Bundesliga objective of the season.

Also, Cologne drew with Augsburg 1-1, and Mainz defeated Leipzig 2-0 in its first recreation since Bo Svensson give up as coach.