Frankfurt dominate Alonso’s Leverkusen | Persnau

Eintracht Frankfurt moved up to fourth place in the Bundesliga for at least a day with a 5-1 win at home to third-placed Bayer Leverkusen.

Leverkusen’s second defeat in three games under Xabi Alonso after Porto won 3-0 in Wednesday’s Champions League ended the former Spanish star’s honeymoon as manager and the side were relegated. got into a fight.

Leverkusen occupied a place in the relegation play-offs after suffering their sixth loss in the round of ten.

“It’s a bad situation,” said Alonso after Saturday’s defeat.

“I can’t think about the end of the season. We have to keep believing. It’s going to be a tough week and we have to keep working.”

Alonso routed Leverkusen 4-0 to promoted Schalke on his debut last week, but the side, which is playing its first season in the Bundesliga after being relegated the previous season, has already announced that Frankfurt are on another proposition. I noticed something.

Piero Hincapie emerged as a tragic figure for Leverkusen, scoring a goal before being sent off.

Daichi Kamada’s penalty just before the interval was enough to give Frankfurt a 1-0 halftime lead.

Hincapie equalized with a flying header in the 56th inning, but the Ecuadorian defender was involved in all three of his next goals.

He could not stop Koro Muani from regaining Frankfurt’s lead two minutes later. Then Jesper he could only see Lindström score his 3-1 over Hradetzky in his 65th with a brilliant chip.

Hincapie conceded the penalty and was sent off for a second yellow card in the 72nd inning, with Kamata scoring the second goal from the spot before Lucas Alario closed the scoring.

Elsewhere, VfB Stuttgart beat bottom-placed Bochum 4–1 to record their first victory of the league season as interim coach Michael Wimmer got off to a perfect start.

Borussia Mönchengladbach ended in a double draw at Wolfsburg, 2-2, despite a double by Markus Thuram.

The Bundesliga has two big clashes on Sunday, with leaders Union Berlin taking on seventh-placed Borussia Dortmund and second-placed Freiburg against fifth-placed Bayern Munich.

with AP