Leverkusen gets another late goal to start Bundesliga title defense with 3-2 win at Monchengladbach

The late objectives simply preserve coming for Bayer Leverkusen.

The defending Bundesliga champion wanted a objective within the eleventh minute of harm time to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 3-2 Friday after giving up a two-goal lead within the opening recreation of the German league season.

Xabi Alonso’s staff went undefeated in each the league and the German Cup final season, partly due to numerous late objectives and comebacks, and it continued in the identical vein on the Borussia-Park. Florian Wirtz noticed his last-gasp penalty saved, however transformed the rebound to safe the win.

Granit Xhaka had given the guests the lead with a thunderous 25-yard strike within the twelfth minute and Wirtz made it 2-0 within the thirty eighth after Borussia didn’t clear their traces.

Leverkusen then hit the woodwork twice, whereas Borussia had a objective chalked off after a video evaluate simply earlier than halftime.

However Nico Elvedi began the hosts’ comeback after 59 minutes and new signing Tim Kleindienst leveled it up within the eighty fifth.

As so usually with Leverkusen, there was nonetheless time for a remaining twist.

The guests have been awarded a penalty for a foul within the space deep into stoppage time, and whereas goalkeeper Jonas Omlin saved Wirtz’s spot kick he couldn’t stop final season’s Bundesliga participant of the 12 months from slotting within the rebound as Leverkusen took its unbeaten run within the league to 35 video games.

Play had been briefly halted initially of the second half after followers lit a number of flares within the stands and a part of the sector was coated in smoke.

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