Victor Boniface struck a stoppage-time winner to present Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen an exciting 4-3 win over Wolfsburg on Sunday, whereas Borussia Dortmund had been outclassed in a 5-1 hammering at Stuttgart. In a seesaw encounter, Leverkusen and Wolfsburg had been locked at 3-3 from the forty eighth minute. Wolfsburg had been then decreased to 10 males within the dying levels when Yannick Gerhardt sunk his studs into Jeremie Frimpong’s calf. Boniface, who got here on with 22 minutes remaining, collected a go earlier than pivoting on the spot and taking pictures dwelling to grab the German champions one other late victory, offering an ideal increase forward of subsequent week’s journey to Bayern Munich.
Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka was removed from happy with the win, calling the outcome “a large wake-up name — none of us might be glad with the sport right now.
“We cannot hold going with performances like that. We cannot defend so naively. Sure, we scored 4 however we won’t do that each weekend.”
Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso had named a closely modified line-up from the facet which thrashed Feyenoord 4-0 within the Champions League on Thursday, giving Nordi Mukiele his beginning debut.
However, Mukiele, signed on mortgage from French champions PSG, endured a nightmare begin when he allowed the ball to bounce in off his thigh for a fifth-minute personal purpose.
Florian Wirtz, who scored a brace on his Champions League debut on Thursday, drew Leverkusen stage with an outstanding effort from outdoors the field shortly after.
Jonathan Tah headed the hosts forward from a nook after 32 minutes however Leverkusen’s pleasure was short-lived, with Wolfsburg’s Sebastiaan Bornauw equalising 5 minutes later, leaping above Mukiele to move in from shut vary.
Mattias Svanberg scored from the sting of the field on the counter for Wolfsburg earlier than Leverkusen levelled once more on 48 minutes by way of Piero Hincapie.
In breaking by way of for his or her debut Bundesliga title final season with out dropping a match Leverkusen dropped simply 12 factors however they appeared on the right track for a second setback after dropping to RB Leipzig of their final dwelling sport.
Boniface had different concepts and sliced the ball dwelling within the third minute of damage time to maintain Leverkusen three factors behind league leaders Bayern, forward of subsequent week’s conflict in Munich.
In Sunday’s late sport, RB Leipzig had been held to a 0-0 stalemate at promoted St Pauli, their second straight scoreless draw.
St Pauli had the higher of the opening interval with a number of good probabilities however Leipzig ‘keeper Peter Gulacsi stored them at bay.
Leipzig improved within the second half, however the hosts held on to say their first level of the season.
Stuttgart soar, Dortmund disappoint
Days after taking place 3-1 at Real Madrid within the Champions League, Stuttgart dominated a disappointing Dortmund at dwelling due to a brace from Deniz Undav and objectives from Ermedin Demirovic, Enzo Millot and El Bilal Toure.
Dortmund had raided final season’s shock runners-up Stuttgart in the summertime, signing captain Waldemar Anton and striker Serhou Guirassy who had scored 28 objectives in 28 league video games.
Champions League finalists in June, Dortmund got here into the match but to lose this season however had been 2-0 down in 21 minutes.
Undav lower in on the break simply 4 minutes in and Demirovic — Guirassy’s alternative up entrance — headed in a second on the 21-minute mark.
Millot, who like Undav upgraded his mortgage deal to a everlasting transfer in the summertime, tapped in after a nook to place Stuttgart in management.
Guirassy pulled a purpose again with quarter-hour remaining, however Stuttgart scored twice within the closing levels by way of Bilal Toure and Undav to prime off a dominant victory.
“We confirmed a response to the Real Madrid sport and I’m blissful,” Undav instructed DAZN.
Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin, handed the primary defeat of his brief reign, stated Stuttgart’s win was “completely deserved from the primary till the final minute,” including “I’m sure we’ll play in another way on Friday (at dwelling towards Bochum) as a result of I am unable to settle for that (efficiency)”.
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