Leipzig right-back Benjamin Henrichs is about to face his training club Bayer Leverkusen. The 26-year-old has one main reason for the Werkself’s upswing
On Saturday Benjamin Henrichs will face Bayer Leverkusen with RB Leipzig – the club where he grew up and which is his home. The defender played for the Werkself from 2004 to 2018 before moving to AS Monaco in 2018 and then to Leipzig in 2020. That’s why Saturday’s match is “extremely special” for Henrichs, as he said in the kicker interview (Thursday edition).
The Leipzig right-back has great respect for the league leaders. “I’m watching the strongest Bayer Leverkusen I’ve ever seen,” he says, “Bayer are scoring points and playing consistently at a high level. It will be a very, very difficult game for us.” The 26-year-old sees the coach as the reason for his former club’s high
The 0:1 against Frankfurt “was very annoying “
“I think Xabi Alonso has a lot of influence on that. They’ve also simply got into a flow,” emphasized Henrichs, “not losing a game in the entire first half of the season simply speaks for itself. The last game in Augsburg in particular showed what sets Bayer apart this year. They’re doing their thing consistently. “
Henrichs and RB still want to leave the pitch as winners on Saturday. However, the Saxons have made a botched start to the new year with a 1-0 defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt. “We had 31 shots on goal against Frankfurt, but weren’t consistent in the decisive situations. The result was “very annoying, but we want to do better against Leverkusen,” said Henrichs.
