Wasteful Leverkusen held by Stuttgart as Liverpool loom

Author: AFP

Bayer Leverkusen were made to pay for wasting several chances in a scoreless home draw with Stuttgart on Friday, dropping more points in their Bundesliga title defence.

Leverkusen dominated the duel between last season’s top two sides in the league but failed to break through, with Victor Boniface, Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong all spurning opportunities. The draw means Leverkusen, who dropped just 12 points last season in an unbeaten title charge, have already dropped 11 this campaign and could finish the weekend seven points behind the league leaders. Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso was surprisingly upbeat, telling DAZN: “I’m very satisfied with the performance and the attitude from the lads – we were only missing the goals.”

Leverkusen will need to regroup before Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Alonso’s former club Liverpool, who are one of only two sides to have claimed a perfect nine points in the competition this season. “We’re really disappointed, that was our best performance of the season,” Leverkusen’s Granit Xhaka told DAZN.

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