🧐 Who was ten Hag, anyway? Leverkusen suddenly hit top gear | OneFootball

Erik ten Hag seems to be forgotten in Leverkusen already. There is no other way to explain what the Werkself is delivering against Eintracht Frankfurt. By halftime, Bayer is leading 2-0 and could have been ahead by more with additional chances.

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Grimaldo scored the 1-0 with a direct free kick. It was already his fifth of this kind across competitions since he joined Leverkusen in 2023/24. In injury time before the break, Tella was fouled in the penalty area, and Schick converted the resulting penalty.

Such strong offensive power had not been seen from Leverkusen in the first two matchdays. Kasper Hjulmand seems to have done quite a few things right.

But the Frankfurt team did not give up, and Can Uzun reduced the deficit for the Hessians to 2-1 (52). Leverkusen no longer looked as secure as they did in the first half.

In the end, Leverkusen could still celebrate, also because Grimaldo scored a second direct free kick goal. This brings his total to six goals of this kind.

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