Xabi Alonso's unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen took control of the Bundesliga title race Saturday, thoroughly outclassing Bayern Munich in a 3-0 home win to go five points clear at the top of the table.
Munich-born defender Josip Stanisic, on loan from Bayern, scored the opener and Alex Grimaldo added another in the second half.
Jeremie Frimpong grabbed a third in injury time, scoring on the counter after Manuel Neuer had pushed up as Bayern took a late corner, with Leverkusen taking a major step towards a first German title.
RESULTS
Leverkusen 3 (Stanisic 18, Grimaldo 50, Frimpong 90+5) Bayern 0
Union Berlin 1 (Doekhi 45+25) Wolfsburg 0
Frankfurt 1 (Marmoush 14) Bochum 1 (Broschinski 17)
Gladbach 0 Darmstadt 0
Bremen 1 (Schmid 19) Heidenheim 2 (Maloney 12, Beste 18)
Augsburg 2 (Tietz 35, Demirovic 60) Leipzig 2 (Openda 39, Sesko 52)
Friday
Dortmund 3 (Malen 16, 45+7, Fuellkrug 87) Freiburg 0
