Match highlights
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Bayer Leverkusen vs VfB Stuttgart highlights
How the goals came
41' Moussa Diaby opens the scoring for Bayer Leverkusen → 49' Tiago Tomás equalises for VfB Stuttgart → 52' Amine Adli puts Bayer Leverkusen ahead → 86' Florian Wirtz extends Bayer Leverkusen's lead (the winner) → 88' Tiago Tomás pulls one back for VfB Stuttgart → 90' Patrik Schick extends Bayer Leverkusen's lead. Full time: 4-2, Bayer Leverkusen win.
The match, goal by goal
5 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
41' Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen) 1-0
Bayer Leverkusen hosted VfB Stuttgart at the BayArena on Matchday 22 of the Bundesliga, and the first half stayed goalless until the 41st minute. Moussa Diaby broke the deadlock to give the home side a 1-0 lead. Coming shortly before the interval, it meant Leverkusen went into the break in front.
49' Tiago Tomás (VfB Stuttgart) 1-1
VfB Stuttgart needed only four minutes of the second half to draw level. Tiago Tomás scored in the 49th minute to make it 1-1, cancelling out the lead Bayer Leverkusen had taken just before the break. The visitors were back on equal terms.
52' Amine Adli (Bayer Leverkusen) 2-1
Bayer Leverkusen's response to the equaliser came just three minutes later. Amine Adli scored in the 52nd minute to restore the home side's lead at 2-1. Leverkusen never relinquished it, making Adli's goal the winner.
86' Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) 3-1
With the score still 2-1 late on, Florian Wirtz added a third for Bayer Leverkusen in the 86th minute. The goal stretched the home side's advantage to two at 3-1. It also opened a frantic closing spell in which two more goals would follow within minutes.
88' Tiago Tomás (VfB Stuttgart) 3-2
Two minutes after falling 3-1 behind, VfB Stuttgart pulled one back. Tiago Tomás struck in the 88th minute for his second goal of the match, following his 49th-minute equaliser, to make it 3-2. The visitors were within a goal again in the closing stages.
90' Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 4-2
Moments after Stuttgart had cut the gap to one, Patrik Schick scored in the 90th minute to make it 4-2. His goal capped a late burst of three goals in five minutes from the 86th, restoring Bayer Leverkusen's two-goal cushion. The match ended 4-2 in the home side's favour.
