Florian Wirtz's penalty was his third goal in four days, having scored twice in Leverkusen's midweek German Cup semi-final win over Fortuna Dusseldorf
Florian Wirtz's penalty gave Xabi Alonso's side a ninth successive win to stretch their lead over Bayern Munich to 16 points with six games remaining. Their coronation, however, is almost inevitable, with Alonso's unbeaten outfit needing just three points from the final 18 available to secure the championship.
They were frustrated in Berlin by several saves from Union keeper Frederik Ronnow, before the breakthrough came in first-half stoppage time after Robin Gosens saw a second yellow card for scything down Nathan Tella.
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