RB Leipzig 1 Bayer Leverkusen 4: Brandt inspires rout in top-four battle

Julian Brandt scored one and created two more as Bayer Leverkusen ran riot in a 4-1 rout of RB Leipzig to leap-frog their top-four rivals in the Bundesliga.

Leverkusen rebounded from going behind to Marcel Sabitzer's opener when Kai Havertz equalised on the stroke of half-time, and Brandt – who last week signed a new deal until 2021 – was the inspiration for second-half domination, putting Leverkusen in front before setting up goals for Panagiotis Retsos' and Kevin Volland.

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