Leverkusen crushes Bochum 4-0 to go into winter break in top spot
Leverkusen, unbeaten in the league, was unstoppable after a slow start and struck three times in 15 minutes to kill of the game in the first half.
Published : Dec 21, 2023 07:56 IST , Leverkusen - 1 MIN READ
Leverkusen’s Patrik Schick celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the German Bundesliga match between Bayer Leverkusen and VfL Bochum at the BayArena in Leverkusen, Germany. | Photo Credit: MARTIN MEISSNER/ AP
Bayer Leverkusen striker Patrik Schick scored a first half hat-trick to guide it to a 4-0 victory over VfL Bochum on Wednesday and send it into the winter break in top spot with a four-point advantage.
Leverkusen, unbeaten in the league, was unstoppable after a slow start and struck three times in 15 minutes to kill of the game in the first half. The league resumes on January 12.
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The 27-year-old Czech forward drilled in a penalty on the half hour mark and then slotted in his second goal of the evening in the 32nd after a low cross into the box from Jeremie Frimpong.
He completed his hat-trick in stoppage time heading in an Alejandro Grimaldo corner.
Leverkusen added a fourth with substitute Victor Boniface in the 69th.
Leverkusen ends the year on 42 points in top spot, four ahead of Bayern Munich, which has a game in hand. VfB Stuttgart is third on 34.