{"id":162784,"date":"2024-03-18T12:50:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T12:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/18\/leverkusen-edge-closer-to-first-ever-title\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T12:50:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T12:50:57","slug":"leverkusen-edge-closer-to-first-ever-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/18\/leverkusen-edge-closer-to-first-ever-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Leverkusen Edge Closer To First-Ever Title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leaders Bayer Leverkusen beat hosts Freiburg 3-2 yesterday to stay 10 points clear at the top of the league standings and edge closer to a first-ever Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n<p>Florian Wirtz put the visitors, who are unbeaten across all competitions this season, in front after two minutes with a scintillating solo run before Ritsu Doan\u2019s clever shot in the 10th drew Freiburg level.<\/p>\n<p>Leverkusen, who face West Ham in the Europa League quarter-finals next month, went back into a deserved lead in the 40th when Adam Hlozek tapped in from close range after Freiburg keeper Noah Atubolu had spilled the ball into his path following superb early work from Wirtz.<\/p>\n<p>Patrik Schick\u2019s stunning flick, with the ball going in off the post in the 53rd, gave them a two-goal cushion and should have killed off the game.<\/p>\n<p>Instead they eased off, allowing Freiburg more space, and Yannik Keitel cut the deficit after some sloppy defending in the 79th to inject some late drama.<\/p>\n<p>Germany international Wirtz hit the post a little later before Freiburg responded with a golden chance of their own in stoppage time but Kiliann Sildillia\u2019s close-range header flew over the bar and Leverkusen hung on for a club-record 22nd league win in a season.<\/p>\n<p>Xabi Alonso\u2019s team, who also set a club record with their sixth straight away win in the Bundesliga, are on 70 points, 10 ahead of second-placed Bayern Munich with eight league matches left to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Leaders Bayer Leverkusen beat hosts Freiburg 3-2 yesterday to stay 10 points clear at the top of the league standings and edge closer to a first-ever Bundesliga title. 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