Ten-man Leverkusen beat Fortuna

Ten-man Leverkusen beat Fortuna

Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen edged past promoted Fortuna Dusseldorf 3-2 on Sunday to leapfrog into fourth place in the Bundesliga and extend their unbeaten run to seven league games.

Leverkusen, who have now won four in a row in all competitions, have 18 points, two ahead of champions Borussia Dortmund who are fifth after a goalless draw against VfB Stuttgart on Saturday.

Bayern Munich beat Hamburg SV 3-0 on Saturday to go seven points clear at the top with 27.