Red-hot Havertz fires Leverkusen
Exciting youngster Kai Havertz broke another Bundesliga record on Friday after scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory at Freiburg which moved Bayer Leverkusen into third place.
Havertz, 20, became the first player in the annals of the league to attain 35 goals before turning 21 years old eight minutes following the break, when he coupled with Leon Bailey before squeezing home under intense pressure from Dominique Heintz.
The dynamic German had been the youngest player to attain 50 and 100 appearances in the German top flight and became the youngest ever player to score a league goal for Leverkusen in 2017.
Havertz's goal was his fifth in his four appearance because the Bundesliga returned from its coronavirus-enforced break and puts Leverkusen a spot before fourth-placed RB Leipzig, who travel to Cologne on Monday night.
Also, they are three points before Borussia Moenchengladbach in fifth before their match with Union Berlin on Sunday.
Havertz's goal was the first shot on target in a largely drab face where Freiburg could have snatched at least a spot.
Lucas Hoeler missed a glaring chance of the hosts two minutes before the break, pushing wide when sent through one-on-one with Leverkusen stopper Lukas Hradecky.
And chasing an equaliser late on, Nils Petersen forced Hradecky to save the three points for Leverkusen with a fine first-time strike that the goalkeeper did well to tip away.
