Mönchengladbach 2: 1 in Leverkusen: Half a top team

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Quite the daddy : Lilian Thuram was World and European champion, Marcus Thuram is now at least a regular player in the Bundesliga leaders. The Frenchman, unlike his father striker instead of defender, turned up in the game of his Gladbacher in Leverkusen. Before his submission to 1: 0 Thuram opponent Wendell let on the wing with a body bluff to belly punch, the second Gladbach goal scored in Knipsermanier from five yards by shin. Speed, Torgefahr, force and dribbling strength: Thuram's skill mix is ​​that of a player for whom the spectators go into the stadium.

The result: A crisp 2-1 away win for Gladbach. Click here for the message. Thanks to the three points, Borussia extend their lead in the standings and are now 22 points ahead of Borussia Dortmund (19 points) and RB Leipzig (18 points).

The first half: Leverkusen began, as befits a team of Peter Bosz: With plenty of possession, with three corners after six minutes. But even without the necessary joke for the last pass. Conversely, the team of Gladbach coach Marco Rose came only rarely to the Leverkusen penalty - but if, then dangerous: Oscar Wendt took advantage of the first score of the guests to the lead (18th minute). Although Kevin Volland fooled a little later the Gladbacher offside trap and made up (24.), stronger Borussia went thanks to Thuram (42.) but still with a lead in the break.

The second half: Charles Aránguiz came after four weeks injury break to his comeback for Leverkusen. With the Chilean Leverkusen succeeded in building through the middle significantly more than before, Gladbach moved to Umschaltangriffe. One of them almost led to 3: 1 when Jonas Hofmann Mitchell Weiser scored the ball and Florian Neuhaus in the middle cleared (56.). Lukas Hradecky parried brilliantly. With the best Leverkusen chances Karim Bellarabi failed to Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer (62./69.), Before Leon Bailey caused by his appearance against Hofmann and the consistent Red Card after video evidence for the inglorious end of the game (90 + 7) ,

The Trainerduell: A little tactical battle is now almost every game in the Bundesliga. In Leverkusen, this was no different: Gladbach's Rose put down three central defenders to get the Leverkusen strike duo under control. Partly missing for the connections between defensive and offensive. In the course of the first half, the full-backs moved further forward, Gladbach effectively played his ball possession phases over the roaring offensive forces and got the game under control.

Leverkusen's Bosz reacted promptly, winning the center back with Aránguiz instead of Baumgartlinger and switching from the three-pointer to a 4-2-3-1, giving his team a promising start to the second half. Roses counterattack: A supposedly offensive move by Denis Zakaria for Nico Elvedi, who was able to put pressure on Leverkusen as an additional midfield scorer earlier than his fellow defender earlier. And that was actually defensive nature.

Half a top team : Gladbach had traveled as the league leaders to Leverkusen, but as a real title candidates had the team from the Lower Rhine so far only a few perceived. The three games against Champions League participants - twice against Dortmund, once against Leipzig - had been lost so far all. With Leverkusen now fell the first representative of last year's top four. For the playful dominance of a top team, the Gladbach still missing a good deal: 23 Leverkusen finals against ten Gladbacher shots and 13: 0 (!) Corners speak for an efficient, but also happy appearance of Borussia.

Bayer Leverkusen - Borussia Mönchengladbach 1: 2 (1: 2)
0: 1 Wendt (18th)
1: 1 Volland (24.)
1: 2 Thuram (42)
Leverkusen: Hradecky - Weiser, Tah, S. Bender - Bellarabi, Baumgartlinger (46th Aránguiz), Demirbay (73rd Amiri), Wendell (69th Bailey) - Havertz - Alario, Volland
Gladbach: Summer - Jantschke, Ginter, Elvedi (69th Zakaria) - Lainer, Neuhaus, Kramer, Hofmann (80th Benes), Wendt - Thuram (65th Stindl), Herrmann
Referee: Siebert
Yellow cards : Tah, Baumgartlinger / Hofmann
Red card : Bailey