Match highlights
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1. FSV Mainz 05 vs Bayer Leverkusen highlights
How the goals came
5' Robert Andrich opens the scoring for Bayer Leverkusen → 9' Patrik Schick extends Bayer Leverkusen's lead → 33' Anthony Caci pulls one back for 1. FSV Mainz 05 → 42' Anthony Caci equalises for 1. FSV Mainz 05 → 55' Jarell Quansah puts Bayer Leverkusen ahead → 65' Moussa Diaby extends Bayer Leverkusen's lead (the winner) → 90+2' Benedict Hollerbach pulls one back for 1. FSV Mainz 05. Full time: 3-4, Bayer Leverkusen win.
The match, goal by goal
3 of the 7 goals came after half-time. 1 goal in second-half stoppage time.
5' Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen) 0-1
The match at the Mewa Arena tilted almost as soon as it began. In the 5th minute Robert Andrich put Bayer Leverkusen ahead, and the visitors led 0-1. It was the first entry in a game that would end up producing seven goals.
9' Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) 0-2
Four minutes after the opener, Leverkusen doubled their advantage. Patrik Schick scored in the 9th minute to make it 0-2. Conceding twice inside the opening ten minutes left 1. FSV Mainz 05 chasing the game on their own ground.
33' Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05) 1-2
Midway through the first half, with the two-goal gap still standing, Mainz found a foothold. Anthony Caci scored in the 33rd minute for 1-2. It was the home side's first goal of the afternoon and cut the deficit to one before the interval.
42' Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05) 2-2
Nine minutes after his first, Caci struck again. His second of the match in the 42nd minute made it 2-2, completing the recovery from 0-2 and sending Mainz into the break level. Caci finished the game with two goals.
55' Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen) 2-3
The game had been reset at the break, but ten minutes into the second half it tilted once more. Jarell Quansah scored in the 55th minute to put Leverkusen 2-3 up, their third lead of the day. The visitors had rebuilt the advantage that slipped away before the interval.
65' Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen) 2-4
Having regained the lead, Leverkusen stretched it ten minutes later. Moussa Diaby scored in the 65th minute for 2-4, the visitors' largest margin of the match. They never gave up the lead from there, making this the winning goal.
90'+2 Benedict Hollerbach (1. FSV Mainz 05) 3-4
Two goals down, Mainz came back one more time in added time. Benedict Hollerbach scored in the 90+2nd minute for 3-4. It was the seventh goal of the match, but it only narrowed the gap to one, and the home side lost 3-4.
