Leverkusen win delays Bayern's title celebrations
Bayer Leverkusen beat Augsburg 2-0 in the Bundesliga to postpone leader Bayern Munich's expected title win by at least a week.
The still reigning Bundesliga champion remains eight points behind Bayern with three matches left to play.
Bayern can, however, seal a 34th league crown with a win at RB Leipzig next week.
Patrik Schick gave Leverkusen a perfect start in the 13th minute with its first real chance, drilling home from the edge of the box for his 19th league goal of the season.
Nathan Tella thought he had doubled the lead a little more than 10 minutes later, heading in Alex Grimaldo's cross at the far post, but the effort was ruled out for offside.
Leverkusen remained on top in the first half, with Emiliano Buendia unleashing a powerful curler from outside the box that gave Finna Dahmen no chance.
Samuel Essende and Alexis Claude-Maurice both had chances to pull one back for Augsburg, but the former fired just wide before the Frenchman forced Matej Kovar into a fine stop.
Jonas Hofmann also had a chance to put the result beyond doubt with 10 minutes remaining, but he should have done better as he sent the ball just wide.
Coach Xabi Alonso insisted Leverkusen will not give up its Bundesliga crown without a fight, and its is pushing the title race as close as it can to the end of the campaign.
