Leverkusen beats Hoffenheim 4-1 to get back on track in Bundesliga

Victor Boniface scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 4 1 to rebound from a rare Bundesliga loss, but Leipzig dropped points for the first...

Victor Boniface scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen beat Hoffenheim 4-1 to rebound from a rare Bundesliga loss, but Leipzig dropped points for the first time this season in a 0-0 draw with Union Berlin on Saturday.

Ahead of playing Feyenoord in its Champions League opener on Thursday, Leverkusen got back to winning ways after a 3-2 loss to Leipzig in its last game.

That was the first time Xabi Alonso's title-winning team had lost in the Bundesliga for 15 months.

Boniface set up Martin Terrier for Leverkusen's first goal and scored himself soon after, beating defender Alexander Prass and leaving him sprawled on the ground and he scored past goalkeeper Oliver Baumann.

Leverkusen's three games in the league this season have seen a combined 15 goals scored, in part because of lapses in concentration in defense that have frustrated coach Alonso.