Nigeria’s Victor Boniface and former Liverpool star Xabi Alonso are in dreamland as they inch closer to their first ever Bundesliga title in the history of German football.
Leverkusen have finished as runners – up five times, which is the most of any club without ever lifting the title. They last finished second back in 2020/11.
All that is set to become history as the Alonso buys are set to rewrite the books and surprise perennial winners and darling of German football, Bayern Munich this season.
Bayern were cruising at half-time thanks to strikes from Harry Kane and Serge Gnabry but conceded three times in the second half, losing their second match in a row.
Florian Wirtz converted a penalty deep into first-half stoppage time as Leverkusen were made to work hard in the German capital against 10-man Union, extending their unbeaten run this season to 41 games.
Xabi Alonso’s side need just three points from their remaining six matches to clinch a first league title in the club’s history.
Bayern, on a streak of 11 straight Bundesliga titles, could relinquish their crown next week in between the first and second legs of their Champions League quarter-final against Arsenal.
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