Bayer Leverkusen’s Patrik Schick (R) scores his side’s second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Bayer Leverkusen and SC Freiburg at BayArena. (is associated with: «Schick continues to score as Leverkusen hand Freiburg first defeat») Federico Gambarini/dpaPatrik Schick continued his run of scoring in every Bundesliga season match when he fired Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-1 victory over Freiburg, who suffered their first defeat on Sunday.Schick converted a low cross from Ibrahim Maza in the 76th minute after the two had combined for Maza to score the the equalizer five minutes after Freiburg’s opener from Derry Scherhant in the 14th.Czech striker Schick has scored once in each of the six league matches which is a club record and is joint league top scorer with Werder Bremen’s Niclas Füllkrug on six goals.Schick’s double delight”Of course I am happy [about the club record]. But the main thing was the victory. That makes me very happy,” Schick told streaming portal DAZN.”You can see our development. We are not making so many easy mistakes any more,” he added.Man of the Match Maza said that “Schicki and I have a good chemistry” and said in general terms: “It was a lot of fun against such a good opponent. We showed as well what we are capable of.”Tight battle at the top The outcome created a four-team battle at the top of the table, with champions Bayern Munich leading Borussia Dortmund on goal difference and last weekend’s leaders Freiburg and Leverkusen one point behind.Freiburg host Bayern, who routed RB Leipzig 6-1 on Saturday when Dortmund were held 0-0 at Union Berlin, next Sunday.Leverkusen rally Unbeaten Freiburg had the better start and led in the 14th minute when Scherhant converted a low cross from Philipp Treu at the far left post – the two new German internationals combining well under the eyes of national team coach Jürgen Klopp.But Leverkusen were level five minutes later when Schick played a cross from Moussa Diaby on with his heel to Maza who scored into the bottom left corner.Schick blazed over in the 59th, but chances remained sparse in a tactical affair before Maza returned the earlier favour from Schick by finding the striker for the winner after superbly beating three defenders.Freiburg run endsMaza was denied another goal late on by a big save from goalkeeper Mio Backhaus and Freiburg’s unbeaten run was over for good when Lucas Höler’s diving header went wide on the final play.”It hurts a lot. The goals we conceded were too easy. We had good control in the first half, but something was missing in the second,” said Freiburg’s Niklas Beste, who however also vowed that “the defeat won’t derail us.”The match was interrupted for several minutes early on because Freiburg fans threw tennis balls onto the pitch in a protest after being denied bringing all their fan utensils into the stadium.The late game is between bottom club Borussia Mönchengladbach, who are still on zero points, and second last Hoffenheim.Bayer
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