Patrik Schick’s twentieth Bundesliga objective of the season wasn’t sufficient to cease Bayer Leverkusen slumping to a 3-2 loss at Mainz. The residence crew sporting a particular colourful jersey for the native carnival celebrations twice got here from behind and ended Leverkusen’s high-scoring run earlier than Marcus Ingvartsen scored the late winner.
The Danish ahead was surrounded by a number of defenders when he drew the ball again along with his proper boot and prodded it residence along with his left within the 88th minute. Leverkusen had been hoping to consolidate third place and put strain on Borussia Dortmund in second after scoring a minimum of 4 objectives in every of its earlier three video games.
The guests seemed to be on monitor once more when Schick scored 10 minutes earlier than the interval with the assistance of a deflection off Mainz captain Moussa Niakht. Only Robert Lewandowski has extra objectives (26) than Schick throughout any of Europe’s prime 5 leagues.
An intensive first half ended with a flare-up between rival gamers as they left the sphere following heated phrases between Kerem Demirbay and Nikhat. The in poor health will continued after the break, when play was continuously interrupted by the referee’s whistle.
Spanish defender Aaron Martin Caricol equalized with a superbly positioned free kick within the 57th, awarded after Demirbay was penalized for an obvious foul on Dominik Kohr, although it regarded just like the Leverkusen midfielder obtained the ball.
Another free kick from Aaron led to a different objective two minutes later, headed in by Karim Onisiwo, but it surely was dominated out via VAR. It was a let off for Leverkusen, and the guests took full benefit via Lucas Alario within the 74th.
Alario had the possibility to seal the end result however Mainz’ keeper Robin Zentner obtained the higher of his one-on-one. Leverkusen would rue the miss when substitute Jean-Paul Boetius equalized with a volley within the 84th and Ingvartsen went on to attain the winner.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
