Lukas Hradecky kept another clean sheet as Leverkusen returned to the top of the Bundesliga after beating local rivals Cologne 3-0.
Huhkaji’s credit goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky Leverkusen, represented by FC Köln, defeated their local opponent FC Köln, who is in the bottom of the German Bundesliga, 3-0 (2-0) on Sunday.
Leverkusen could have won the match with more goals. In the first half, the goal net was waved Jonas Hofmann and Jeremy Frimpongon the other Victor Bonifacefor whom the series hit was already the seventh of the season.
Hradecky kept his third clean sheet of the season between the posts in style and in the end quite easily. The 33-year-old Finn, who serves as Leverkusen’s captain, has made a save in each of the seven league games and has conceded six back-to-back hits in them.
With their win, Leverkusen returned to the top of the league. Leverkusen has won six of the seven league games they have played and once drew (2–2) with reigning champion Bayern Munich. Leverkusen’s goal difference in the Bundesliga is a crushing 23–6 and it has scratched 19 points out of a possible 22.
A world champion and a former great player Xabi Alonso under his leadership, Leverkusen is currently one of the top teams in Europe’s top leagues. Leverkusen has won nine of their ten matches, including all series. In addition to the Bundesliga, success has come in the group stage of the Europa League and the German Cup.
Former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Spanish national team midfield star Alonso, 41, started a year ago in October as Leverkusen’s coach, when the team was in the relegation zone of the German Bundesliga. Led by the Spaniard, Leverkusen rose to sixth in the standings last season and reached the semi-finals of the Europa League.
Swiss midfielder who moved from Arsenal to Leverkusen in the summer Granit Xhaka31, praises his head coach.
– It has been an honor to get to know him (Alonso). As a coach, he is really hungry for success and perfection. You can see it on the field as well. We have changed the look of the game in the direction that we fight and run even more, Xhaka stated to AFP.
Hradecky is already in his ninth season in Germany as his team’s number one striker. “Luke” has started the season perfectly both in Germany and in the national team and is clearly enjoying everything he is doing at the moment.
Like other leagues, the Bundesliga goes on a break for international matches. The next time Leverkusen plays is on Saturday, October 21, when they visit Wolfsburg.