{"id":30963,"date":"2023-12-19T09:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T09:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aveholidays.com\/news\/brilliant-boniface-helps-leverkusen-slay-frankfurt-to-go-seven-clear\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T09:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T09:30:50","slug":"brilliant-boniface-helps-leverkusen-slay-frankfurt-to-go-seven-clear","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/aveholidays.com\/news\/brilliant-boniface-helps-leverkusen-slay-frankfurt-to-go-seven-clear\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant Boniface helps Leverkusen slay Frankfurt to go seven clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUNICH: A goal and two assists from Nigeria striker Victor Boniface helped Bayer Leverkusen to a 3-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt, sending the league leaders seven points clear.<\/p>\n<p>Bayern Munich and Stuttgart, who are seven and eight points behind respectively, can narrow the gap to Leverkusen when they clash in the Bavarian capital later on Sunday. Xabi Alonso\u00b4s unbeaten Leverkusen, who have won 21 and drawn three of 24 matches in all competitions this season, overran the visitors thanks to a brilliant Boniface performance.<\/p>\n<p>Before the match, the Leverkusen fans unveiled a huge Christmas wishlist, calling on the club to make their Bundesliga title dreams come true. &#8220;We\u00b4ve won nothing yet. After half a year nobody wins anything, especially not a league title,&#8221; Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka said to DAZN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u00b4ve got another game midweek and then we go on holiday, where we need to be careful what we do. Then we\u00b4ll come back and step on the gas ahead of the rest of the season.&#8221; Boniface squeezed a low shot under Kevin Trapp to open the scoring 14 minutes in.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian then created a goal for Jeremie Frimpong early in the second half, his shot rebounding off Trapp and landing perfectly for the Dutch international to slam home. The 22-year-old, who is almost certain to be selected for Nigeria\u00b4s Africa Cup of Nations bid in January, then helped seal the result, finding Florian Wirtz in space for Leverkusen\u00b4s third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUNICH: A goal and two assists from Nigeria striker Victor Boniface helped Bayer Leverkusen to a 3-0 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt, sending the league leaders seven points clear. 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