Bayer Leverkusen captain Lukas Hradecky believes they made a variety of “mature selections” to see out their 2-1 win over Union Berlin on Saturday.
Jeremie Frimpong had opened the scoring inside two minutes, however they have been pegged again by Jeong Wooyeong within the twenty ninth minute.
In-form Patrik Schick scored the winner late on, with that his forty eighth aim in his a hundredth Bundesliga look for Leverkusen – equalling Ulf Kirsten’s membership file (additionally 48 objectives in 100 BL matches).
Xabi Alonso’s facet held out for all three factors, having given up leads to attract their final two away matches within the German top-flight, and Hradecky praised his team-mates’ resilience within the closing phases.
“We made a variety of mature selections,” he stated. “It’s been a problem for us that we’ve dropped factors in earlier away video games.
“We stayed stable defensively and might be happy with the efficiency.”
48 – Patrik Schick has scored for the forty eighth time in his a hundredth Bundesliga look for Bayer 04 Leverkusen – equalling Ulf Kirsten’s membership file (additionally 48 objectives in 100 BL matches). Aim scorer. pic.twitter.com/9tXBhVLAHx
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Leverkusen restricted Berlin to only two photographs on course all through the sport, whereas Hradecky was not examined in any respect within the second half.
In truth, they’re unbeaten of their final 23 Bundesliga away video games (W17 D6), whereas they’ve additionally scored in all of these fixtures, an ongoing membership file.
Alonso was additionally happy they managed to finish their run of attracts away from residence.
“It’s going properly for us proper now,” Alonso stated.
“It was vital that we lastly gained away once more – we’ve discovered from the previous few weeks.”
