Bayer Leverkusen host AC Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday, hoping for a sparkling performance from star midfielder Florian Wirtz. Still just 21, Wirtz will make his home debut in the competition, having missed Leverkusen’s most recent Champions League campaign with an ACL injury. That he will do so against seven-time champions Milan feels […]
Harry Kane Limps Off As Bayern Munich Draw Against Bayer Leverkusen
Harry Kane went off injured as Bayern Munich were held 1-1 at home by champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Robert Andrich put the visitors ahead after 31 minutes in Munich but Aleksandar Pavlovic pulled leaders Bayern level eight minutes later with an incredible long range shot. England captain Kane, who was largely […]
Jamal Musiala v Florian Wirtz In Spotlight As Bayern Munich Face Bayer Leverkusen
Pulling the strings in Saturday’s early Bundesliga title showdown between Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen will be 21-year-old Germany forwards Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz. The midfielders, born within 10 weeks of each other in 2003, have combined brilliantly at international level, but will go head to head at Munich’s Allianz Arena this weekend. While […]
Last-Gasp Victor Boniface Gives Bayer Leverkusen Victory, Stuttgart Outclass Borussia Dortmund
Victor Boniface struck a stoppage-time winner to give Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen a thrilling 4-3 win over Wolfsburg on Sunday, while Borussia Dortmund were outclassed in a 5-1 hammering at Stuttgart. In a seesaw encounter, Leverkusen and Wolfsburg were locked at 3-3 from the 48th minute. Wolfsburg were then reduced to 10 men in the […]
Champions League: Xabi Alonso Hails 'Efficient' Bayer Leverkusen After Feyenoord Rout
Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso praised his side’s German efficiency after the Bundesliga champions dispatched Dutch side Feyenoord 4-0 in Thursday’s Champions League rout. “It may have looked pretty easy, but it’s really not,” Alonso told reporters after his team cruised to four first-half goals to break the Dutch resistance. He said it took Leverkusen […]