The win sees Leverkusen move into fourth, leapfrogging Leipzig, who drop to sixth. Marcel Sabitzer gave hosts Leipzig the lead on 17 minutes as the Austrian linked up sharply with Yussuf Poulsen before firing a low volley into the bottom corner.Kai #Havertz: "We have enormous quality offensively. Everything clicked today and was really strong.
The key to our success lies in our cohesion and everyone being there for each other!"#RBLB04 | 1:4 pic.twitter.com/W9NM4N4Bjv — Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) April 9, 2018
With both sides driving forward, chances fell at both ends. Brandt forced a good save from Peter Gulacsi on the half hour mark, while both Poulsen and Emil Forsberg came close for Leipzig. Leverkusen drew level on the stroke of half-time with a devastating counter-attack. An elegant cross from Leon Bailey found Kai Havertz, who smashed the ball past Gulacsi.? Heiko #Herrlich: "In the second half, my team played like they’d been unleashed. Overall, I am very pleased that we can take three points from Leipzig. "#RBLB04 | 1:4 pic.twitter.com/IocDCsLzlI
— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) April 9, 2018
In the second half, Leverkusen ran riot. The rout began just five minutes after the break as Bernd Leno's goal-kick cleared the Leipzig back line, and Brandt moved quickly to sweep it into the bottom corner. Brandt was involved again minutes later as his curling free-kick was headed away by Dayot Upamecano, only for Panagiotis Retsos to fire it in on the rebound. In the 69th minute, Brandt wrapped up a blistering second-half performance as he set up Kevin Volland to slot home Leverkusen's fourth. RESULTS: RB Leipzig 1 (Sabitzer 17) Bayer Leverkusen 4 (Havertz 45, Brandt 51, Retsos 56, Volland 69) Bundesliga table after Monday's match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Bayern Munich 29 23 3 3 76 21 72 -- champions Schalke 04 29 15 7 7 45 33 52 Borussia Dortmund 29 14 9 6 57 39 51 Bayer Leverkusen 29 13 9 7 51 36 48 Eintracht Frankfurt 29 13 7 9 40 33 46 RB Leipzig 29 13 7 9 44 41 46 Hoffenheim 29 11 10 8 53 42 43 Bor. Moenchengladbach 29 11 7 11 38 43 40 VfB Stuttgart 29 11 5 13 26 34 38 Hertha Berlin 29 8 12 9 33 34 36 Augsburg 29 9 9 11 38 40 36 Werder Bremen 29 9 9 11 33 35 36 Hanover 96 29 9 8 12 37 43 35 Freiburg 29 6 12 11 26 48 30 VfL Wolfsburg 29 5 14 10 30 37 29 Mainz 05 29 6 9 14 30 47 27 Hamburg 29 5 7 17 23 46 22 Cologne 29 5 6 18 28 56 21Leverkusen making moves ? pic.twitter.com/rWeR13mPtp
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