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Leverkusen's Adam Hlozek (l) in action against Freiburg's Matthias Ginter (r).
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Bayer's triumph continues.
Florian Wirtz scored early in a fast game against SC, Patrik Schick was technically demanding.
The lead over FC Bayern remains comfortable.
Freiburg - Led by once again strong national player Florian Wirtz, Bayer Leverkusen has set the next record and taken another step towards the championship.
The Werkself celebrated their 22nd win of the season with a 3-2 (2-1) win at SC Freiburg on Sunday - Bayer had never achieved so many in a season in the Bundesliga.
The league leaders' lead over pursuers FC Bayern Munich remains ten points ahead of the remaining eight match days.
Freiburg is in danger of losing contact with the European Cup places.
Wirtz gave the guests the lead in the second minute.
After Ritsu Doan's equalizer (10th), Adam Hlozek (40th) scored again for Leverkusen in front of 34,700 spectators.
Patrik Schick, who had already been celebrated three days earlier as the match winner in Bayer's spectacular last-minute advance against Karabakh Agdam in the Europa League, added something worth seeing (53').
Yannik Keitel shortened the score again for Baden (79').
The 20-year-old Wirtz, once again one of the big assets in the game for coach Xabi Alonso's team, scored with the first attack.
The offensive man put a nice shot into the far corner.
And the brisk initial phase wasn't everything.
Even after Freiburg's quick equalizer by Doan, who deliberately pushed the ball into the bottom right corner, things continued to be entertaining.
Bayer had a lot of possession, but SC also had their chances as a result of switching situations.
Some fans had already seen the shot that Freiburg's Merlin Röhl put into the side netting (24').
SC coach Christian Streich, who had announced a decision about his future at the beginning of the week, loudly encouraged his team from the sidelines.
In the 37th minute she played a promising counterattack but didn't finish it cleanly.
Five minutes before the break, Bayer struck again.
As a result of an unsuccessful rescue operation by Freiburg goalkeeper Noah Atubolu, the ball ended up at Hlozek - and he scored to make it 1-2.
The second half also started as desired for Leverkusen, who are still unbeaten in 38 competitive games this season.
A cross from Jeremie Frimpong from the right side found center forward Schick with a fine foot, but also a bit of luck, to the left inside post - from there the ball jumped into the net.
The Freiburg team, who have only won one of the last eight league games and crashed out of the Europa League at West Ham United (0-5) on Thursday, did not give up.
Substitute Keitel scored in the follow-up and made things exciting again.
Overall, Bayer deserved to win.
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