Liverpool Target Leads Leverkusen To Big Away Win
19 May, 2020
Bundesliga
Result: Werder Bremen 1-4 Bayer Leverkusen
Date: 18 May 2020
Venue: Weser Stadium
Reported Liverpool target Kai Havertz bagged a brace to inspire Bayer Leverkusen to a 4-1 thrashing of Werder Bremen in Monday night's only Bundesliga clash.
The visitors handed a debut to Florian Wirtz who became the club's youngest ever player to play a league game at 17 years and 15 days and third youngest in league history.
After a quiet start to the half, the game sprung into life on 28 minutes when Havertz nodded home Moussa Diaby's cross to hand Leverkusen the lead.
The lead didn't last long though as Bremen hit back two minutes later, with Theodor Gebre Selassie locating the back of the net with a header from close range.
The momentum shifted back to the visitors one minute after Bremen's equaliser, with Havertz bagging his second goal of the overall game to revive Leverkusen's lead ten minutes before the break.
Leverkusen eventually put some daylight between themselves and Bremen just after the hour mark when Diaby turned provider once more to choose Mitchell Weiser, who nodded past Jiri Pavlenka.
While most of Leverkusen's first three goals came via headers, the fourth was a little more cheeky through Kerem Demirbay's neat chip over the Bremen shot-stopper with 12 minutes remaining.
That became the ultimate goal of the match as Leverkusen ran out convincing winners to move within a spot of fourth-place RB Leipzig.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za