BERLIN: Hertha Berlin took a much-needed win and moved out of the bottom three as first-half goals from Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Matheus Cunha and Jhon Cordoba shocked Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga.
Hertha made a bright start on home soil as Dodi Lukebakio collected a loose ball following a parry from Leverkusen goalkeeper Lennart Grill before setting up for Zeefuik, who drilled the ball into the top left corner with just four minutes played on Sunday.
With the result, Hertha Berlin climb off a relegation spot and into 14th position, while Leverkusen stay in sixth place despite suffering its second straight defeat.
Elsewhere, Mainz also move out of the drop zone after beating Hoffenheim 2-1 courtesy of Dominik Kohr's winner, and Freiburg downed Augsburg 2-0. IANS