Diaby brings joy back to Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen

I looked for the Bayer Leverkusen He ended his streak of three games without a win at home (four including the Europa League) and he did it thanks to two whirlwinds that revived the right wing of BayArena. The couple formed by Frimpong and diabetesBesides Azmounquickly put success on track, proved by quick In the last line. A victory that serves as Leverkusen’s dream Europeseven points behind eintracht with one game less, and one loss that leaves Hertha throughout the fight for relegation.

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those of Xabi Alonso They were bolder from the start, monopolizing possession and suppressing a Hertha team that was under pressure from the locals. Frimpong and Diaby were an unreachable lightning bolt for the blue and white defence, unable to stop their runs down the right wing.

Exactly from that band came the early goal on 12′ from the ‘killer’ Azmoun. Both wingers were joined by a wall and Frimpong reached the end line to put a pass behind, where the Iranian waited to open the scoring.

Ten minutes later, the second goal had the same protagonists: a long ball for a quick Diaby and a pass from the death to Frimpongwho went with the French winger’s attack and pushed the ball into the back of the net.

It was 2-0 when the Hertha He began to show more of the attack. The visitors took advantage of Frimpong’s injury, substituted in the 29′ due to thigh problems, to stretch the team and try to play one-on-one against Leverkusen. richer and Niederlechner tried to disturb hradecky with a long shot, no luck in front of goal.

Demonstration of Diaby’s power

Calm reigned in the first ten minutes of the second half. Until Diaby took another big shot out of his hat to wake up Christensen. The Frenchman, one of Europe’s great talents at the age of 23, did what he wanted in Hertha’s defence. In 3-0 action, diabetes he drew two centre-backs to clear the check and scored, unstoppable, the third goal of the afternoon and his eighth in the league competition.

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those of Leverkusen they made their first mistake in the 66′. Fosu mensah run over Plattenhardt when it is framed within the area and the referee is clear about the maximum penalty. Lukebakio did not forgive and recorded his tenth goal in bundesliga to close the gap.

Xabi Alonso wanted to give Diaby a break, and when he arrived on the bench he gave the Spanish coach a heartfelt hug. his replacement, amen adli, wanted to join the party, and three minutes later he put a shot from outside the area at the far post. 4-1 for Bayer, who sentenced the game and allowed themselves to face the final stage with the peace of mind of breaking their losing streak at their stadium.

This achievement puts the Leverkusen in 9th positionwith 31 points, already looking at the European positions marked by eintracht (38). He Hertha he could not endorse his good moment and is still trapped in the lower zone, 14th, just one point above the relegation mark bochum and Schalke 04.

BAYER LEVERKUSEN

41

Hertha Berlin

4 – Bayer Leverkusen: Hradecky; Kossounou, Tah, Tapsoba; Frimpong (Fosu-Mensah, 29′), Palacios, Andrich, Hincapie (Sinkgraven, 82′); Diaby (Adli, 69′), Azmoun (Schick, 69′) and Wirtz (Amiri, 82′).
The
1 – hertha berlin: Christensen; Rogel, Uremovic, Kempf; Richter (Sunjic, 84′), Cigerci (Ngankam, 73′), Plattenhardt; Tousart, Serdar (Boëtius, 58′); Lukebakio (Kenny, 83′) and Niederlechner (Jovetic, 58′).
The
Thethe objectives: 1-0 Azmoun (12′), 2-0 Frimpong (21′), 3-0 Diaby (60′), 3-1 Lukebakio (67′), 4-1 Adli (73′).

Referee: Patrick Ittrich.

Thecard: Shown yellow cards to Tah (75′) for Leverkusen and to Ngankam (75′) and Kenny (87′) for Hertha.

happenings: ​30,210 spectators at BayArena.

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