Leverkusen extend unbeaten run to 48 games with win at Frankfurt

With Xabi Alonso forced to watch from the stands due to a yellow card suspension, Leverkusen turned on the style, winning with goals from Granit Xhaka, Patrik Schick, Jeremie Frimpong and penalties from Exequiel Palacios and Victor Boniface. "We had control of the game," Xhaka told DAZN. "We wanted to stay undefeated, we did that again - and we are really close to achieving something very special." Alonso left midfield lynchpin Florian Wirtz, who turned 21 on Friday, out of the squad with Thursday's...