Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 Hannover 96: Even Second Half Sends Bayer Five Points Clear Of Hannover
Hannover 96 and Bayer Leverkusen both had some chances in the second half, but good goalkeeping by Rene Adler and Ron-Robert Zieler plus a bit of profligacy on both sides meant that the final result was the same as the scoreline at halftime, with Leverkusen winners by a pair of goals. Hannover played a bit more brightly in the second half, though Didier Ya Konan and Mohammed Abdellaoue spurned good opportunities to pull a goal back with thirty and then twenty minutes remaining, respectively.
Both goalkeepers also had a hand (see what I did there?) in keeping the second half scoreless; Zieler made a very good save from Renato Augusto after Arturo Vidal had set him one-on-one, shortly after Adler stopped Christian Schulz from distance with just under twenty minutes to play. The victory moves second-place Bayer Leverkusen five points clear of Hannover 96, who remain in third. Borussia Dortmund’s gap at the top of the league is now down to eight points; the leaders visit Wolfsburg tomorrow in one of the five early kickoffs.
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