MATHEW Leckie scored his fourth goal of the Bundesliga season as Hertha Berlin defeated Bayer Leverkusen 2-1.
The Socceroos striker continued his purple patch of form to make it four goals in five starts as Hertha recorded their second win of the campaign.
Leckie opened the scoring in the 16th minute when he received the ball wide on the right, dribbled into the box, beat a defender and curled a left-footed strike past Bernd Leno in the Leverkusen goal and into the top corner of the net.
Just eight minutes later Saloman Kalou doubled the lead for Hertha, who took their 2-0 lead into halftime.
Julian Brandt pulled a goal back late for the visitors in the 84th minute but Hertha held on for the win and moved to eighth on the ladder, five points behind early leaders Borussia Dortmund.
Dortmund enjoyed a 3-0 win of their own with Shinji Kagawa scoring in the first half before Pierre Aubameyang and Christian Pulisic added second half goals.
Dortmund have now gone five straight games without conceding a goal.
Elsewhere Hoffenheim came back from 2-0 down to beat Mainz, with Marc Uth scoring a 90th minute winner, Freiberg drew 1-1 with Hannover and Eintracht Frankfurt kept Cologne’s miserable start to the season going with a 1-0 win. That result leaves Cologne rooted to the bottom of the ladder as the only side with zero points.
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