Bayer Leverkusen stun Bayern Munich as Jude Bellingham brace boosts Real Madrid
Bayer Leverkusen underlined their title credentials with a 3-0 win over Bayern Munich (Martin Meissner/AP)
Bayer Leverkusen celebrated carnival weekend in the Rhineland with a superb 3-0 win over Bayern Munich which sent them five points clear of their opponents at the top of the Bundesliga.
Josip Stanisic, the man on loan from Bayern, opened the scoring against a static defence in the 18th minute before Alex Grimaldo doubled the lead five minutes into the second half.
An exclamation point was added in stoppage time when Manuel Neuer came up for a corner and missed the ball, with Jeremie Frimpong firing into an empty net.
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RB Leipzig sit three points outside the top four after being held to a 2-2 draw away to Augsburg.
Phillip Tietz fired Augsburg into a 35th-minute lead but Lois Openda quickly equalised. Benjamin Sesko put Leipzig in front seven minutes into the second half, but Ermedin Demirovic levelled on the hour as the sides shared the points.
Eintracht Frankfurt could not close the gap however, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Bochum.
Omar Marmoush put Eintracht in front after 14 minutes, but Moritz Broschinski levelled three minutes later and that is how it stayed.
Union Berlin edged away from trouble as Danilho Doekhi’s goal on the stroke of half-time was enough for a 1-0 win over Wolfsburg.
Jude Bellingham was at the heart of Real Madrid’s 4-0 win over Girona (Manu Fernandez/AP)
Goals from Lennard Maloney and Jan-Niklas Beste earned Heidenheim a 2-1 win away to Werder Bremen, who got on the scoresheet through
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