A 2-1 win away at Werder Bremen gave RB Leipzig their ninth victory in their past ten appearances on Saturday

Jeremie Frimpong scored twice to help Bayer Leverkusen to a conclusive 4-0 win over Schalke in Xabi Alonso's first game in charge on Saturday afternoon

Former Liverpool and Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso has been named as Bayer Leverkusen's new coach, replacing Gerardo Seoane after he was dismissed by the Bundesliga club on Wednesday

Bundesliga: A masterclass from Jamal Musiala, as well as a first goal in five games for Sadio Mane, helped Bayern Munich thump hapless Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 at home

Bayern Munich are winless since mid-August, an unfamiliar position for a club which is vying for 11 titles in a row, and currently sit fifth in the points table

UEFA Champions League: Late goals from Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby helped Bayer Leverkusen register a 2-0 win against Atletico Madrid in Group B.

Bundesliga: Without striker Erling Haaland, Borussia Dortmund crashed to a 2-5 defeat vs Bayer Leverkusen.

Bundesliga: RB Leipzig suffered a blow ahead of Sunday's home game against Bayer Leverkusen with six more of their squad and staff having tested positive for Covid-19, including striker Yussuf Poulsen.

Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry both scored twice as Bayern Munich rampaged to a 5-1 win at Bayer Leverkusen to return to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday.

Bayern Munich are the first Bundesliga team to beat Bayer Leverkusen this term, having also ended Wolfsburg's unbeaten league run this season in midweek.

Manchester United are eighth in the Premier League, and were recently knocked out of the UEFA Champions League. They face Real Sociedad in the Europa League's Last 32.

Bundesliga: Manuel Neuer bounced back after conceding six goals in Germany's crushing defeat by Spain in midweek with two brilliant first-half saves in quick succession for Bayern Munich, who drew to Werder Bremen.

Chelsea signed Kai Havertz on a five-year deal for a reported fee of 71 million pounds from Bayer Leverkusen.

Kai Havertz has scored 46 goals in 150 competitive games for Bayer Leverkusen.

Manchester United set up a semi-final clash against Sevilla or Wolves, joining Inter Milan in the Europa League last four following the Italian side's victory over Bayer Leverkusen.

The Europa League quarter-finals will be played on Monday and Tuesday when temperatures along the German Rhineland are forecast to reach the mid-30s Celsius.

Wolves battled into the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday while Sevilla, Bayer Leverkusen and Basel enjoyed far more comfortable victories in the matches that brought the Europa League round of 16 to a belated close.

Robert Lewandowski has 51 goals in total this season after scoring twice in the second-half of the 4-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen as Bayern Munich won a 20th German Cup.