After their midweek efficiency towards Feyenoord, Bayer Leverkusen adopted up with a win towards Wolfsburg which noticed them come from behind twice to win 4-3.
A sluggish begin from Leverkusen noticed Wolfsburg take the lead by means of a Nordi Mukiele personal aim inside 4 minutes however 10 minutes later Florian Wirtz made it 1-1 with a troublesome shot from the sting of the 18-yard field. Die Werkself would keep their common management within the recreation and took the lead within the thirty second minute when Jonathan Tah headed in an Alejandro Grimaldo nook.
Nevertheless, Leverkusen didn’t trip off into the sundown after taking the lead and reverted again to a poor trait that they’ve picked up this season and that’s throwing away leads. 5 minutes after Tah’s aim, Sebastiaan Bornauw additionally equalised from a nook, earlier than simply earlier than half-time Mattias Svanberg’s long-range effort gave Wolfsburg the lead on the whistle.
The second half begin off as rapidly as the primary as Leverkusen equalised as soon as once more with a nook which was transformed by substitute Piero Hincapié in an identical method to Bornauw’s aim. Leverkusen would then dominate the half as Wolfsburg sat again and appeared to see out the draw, substitute Victor Boniface had the very best probability of the half as his stinging shot was saved by Kamil Grabara.
Leverkusen continued to place stress on Wolfsburg and, you guessed it, within the 93rd minute, Boniface scored what turned out to be the winner of the sport.
The win for Leverkusen now units up subsequent weekend’s recreation towards Bayern Munich, in Munich, very properly. Leverkusen go into the tie three factors behind Bayern who nonetheless have a 100% report after their 5-0 win towards Werder Bremen on Saturday.
Nevertheless, if Leverkusen needs to cement themselves because the staff this season, then they should enhance their defence as they’ve struggled to not solely maintain a lead but in addition cease groups from scoring. To this point, they’ve solely saved two clear sheets towards Carl Zeiss Jena within the DFB Pokal and Feyenoord within the Champions League.
Bayer Leverkusen XI:
Lukas Hradecky (5), Edmond Tapsoba (6), Jonathan Tah (6), Jeanuël Belocian (5), Nordi Mukiele (4), Aleix Garcia (5), Granit Xhaka (6), Alejandro Grimaldo (6), Amine Adli (5), Florian Wirtz (7), Patrick Schick (5)
Others: Piero Hincapié (6), Jeremie Frimpong (5), Martin Terrier (5), Victor Boniface (6), Exequiel Palacios (5)
Wolfsburg XI:
Kamil Grabara (6), Kilian Fischer (5), Sebastiaan Bornauw (6), Cedric Zesiger (6), Jakub Kaminski (5), Maximilian Arnold (5), Mattias Svanberg (6), Ridle Baku (-), Patrick Wimmer (5), Tiago Tomas (5), Mohamed Amoura (5)
Others: Konstantinos Koulierakis (6), Yannick Gerhardt (5), Aster Vranckx (5), Salih Özcan (5), Denis Vavro (-)
GGFN Man of the Match: Florian Wirtz (7)
Wirtz was as soon as once more the stand-out participant for Leverkusen. The 21-year-old’s well-taken strike introduced them again into the sport within the first half and from then on he was central to almost the whole lot Leverkusen did attacking-wise sensible then on.
Nevertheless, after Boniface’s efficiency towards Hoffenheim final weekend, Leverkusen have continued to closely depend on Wirtz for a lot of this season and nearly as good as he’s, it will definitely turns into predictable and towards a greater staff than Wolfsburg, they’ll have the ability to neutralise the 21-year-old.
GGFN | Jack Meenan
