Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso praised his team for managing to control the game with 10 men after they held on to beat Hoffenheim 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday. Leverkusen were leading 3-0 on the hour mark when Alejandro Grimaldo was shown a second yellow card just before Hoffenheim's Gift Orban scored,

Bayer Leverkusen, despite going down to 10 men saw off Hoffenheim 3-1 to maintain the six-point gap to Bayern Munich at the top of the table. The first half was a very comprehensive performance from

Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen defeated lowly Hoffenheim 3-1 to move within six points of leaders Bayern Munich who the champions will host in their next home game in a fortnight. Victor Boniface returned after some three months of injury and recent transfer speculation to open the scoring in the 15th from a left angle,