Havertz fires Leverkusen third with Freiburg winner

Freiburg's Dominique Heintz and Leverkusen's Kai Havertz (right) challenge for the ball during Friday's match the Bundesliga.
Freiburg's Dominique Heintz and Leverkusen's Kai Havertz (right) challenge for the ball during Friday's match the Bundesliga.
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AFP, Berlin :
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 history of the league to reach 35 goals before turning 21 years old eight minutes after the break, when he combined with Leon Bailey before squeezing home under intense pressure from Dominique Heintz.
The dynamic German was already the youngest player to reach 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 since the Bundesliga returned from its coronavirus-enforced break and puts Leverkusen a point ahead of fourth-placed RB Leipzig, who travel to Cologne on Monday night.

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