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Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka has insisted that the team didn’t ride its luck in a dramatic Europa League win over Qarabag but rather showed its class. Patrik Schick scored twice in stoppage time to see Leverkusen into the quarter-finals with a 3-2 victory on Thursday night, after also netting a 2-2 equalizer in the first leg after the 90 minutes had expired. The latest heroics stretched Leverkusen’s season-long unbeaten run in all competitions to 37 matches, with Xabi Alonso’s team now on 11 stoppage time goals during the remarkable streak. “There are people who talk about luck. Bu…

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