Match highlights
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Bayer Leverkusen vs 1. FC Heidenheim highlights
How the goals came
10' Niklas Dorsch opens the scoring for 1. FC Heidenheim → 21' Mathias Honsak extends 1. FC Heidenheim's lead → 30' Exequiel Palacios pulls one back for Bayer Leverkusen → 32' Patrik Schick equalises for Bayer Leverkusen → 52' Patrik Schick puts Bayer Leverkusen ahead (the winner) → 71' Patrik Schick extends Bayer Leverkusen's lead → 82' Granit Xhaka extends Bayer Leverkusen's lead. Full time: 5-2, Bayer Leverkusen win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 7 goals came after half-time. Bayer Leverkusen came from 2 down to win.
10' Niklas Dorsch (1. FC Heidenheim) 0-1
Matchday 11 at the BayArena began with the visitors striking first. Niklas Dorsch put 1. FC Heidenheim ahead in the 10th minute, making it 0-1. It was the start of an eventful afternoon that would ultimately end in a 5-2 comeback win for Bayer Leverkusen.
21' Mathias Honsak (1. FC Heidenheim) 0-2
In the 21st minute, Mathias Honsak doubled the visitors' advantage to 0-2. With a two-goal cushion barely past the 20-minute mark, 1. FC Heidenheim appeared to be in control away from home. Instead, it proved to be their final goal of the match, as Bayer Leverkusen went on to score five unanswered.
30' Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen) 1-2
Bayer Leverkusen's fightback began in the 30th minute, when Exequiel Palacios pulled one back to make it 1-2. The goal halved the deficit before the half-hour was out. Within two minutes the hosts would strike again, swinging the momentum firmly their way.
32' Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 2-2
Just two minutes after Palacios, Patrik Schick levelled at 2-2 in the 32nd minute. Two goals in two minutes had wiped out Heidenheim's lead before half-time. It was also the first of Schick's three goals on the day.
52' Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 3-2
With the game level at 2-2 after the break, Patrik Schick struck again in the 52nd minute to put Bayer Leverkusen ahead for the first time, 3-2. The comeback from 0-2 was now complete. Leverkusen never relinquished the lead, making Schick's second goal the winner.
71' Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 4-2
Patrik Schick completed his hat-trick in the 71st minute, making it 4-2. Following his goals in the 32nd and 52nd minutes, he had now scored every goal of the match since the equaliser. Extending the lead to two, it all but settled the outcome for Bayer Leverkusen.
82' Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen) 5-2
Granit Xhaka added a fifth in the 82nd minute to make it 5-2. Trailing 0-2 after 21 minutes, Bayer Leverkusen had now scored five goals in a row. The late strike stretched the margin of the home side's comeback win to three goals.
