BERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen defender Miguel Gutierrez scored a goaland set up another as they beat RB Leipzig 2-0 on Sunday for their second win of the German Bundesliga season.
Left-back Gutierrez provided an assist for Czech Republic attacker Patrik Schick just before the break and scored himself after 57 minutes.
The 25-year-old Spaniard’s contribution sent Leverkusen to fifth in the table.
Leipzig’s second defeat of the campaign leaves them in eighth before the twoweekinternationalwindow.
On Saturday, Maximilian Beier’s 70th-minute winner sealed Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 victory at Stuttgart as they moved top.
Beier tapped in from Jobe Bellingham’s low cross to send Dortmund to the summit for the first time since May 2023, a run of 1,212 days since they threw away the title with a final-day home draw against Mainz.
The victory also marks the first time in a decade Dortmund have won their opening four league matches.-AFP