Leverkusen, Germany (AP) -Bayer Leverkusen kept the speed with the leader of the Bundesliga Bayern Munich by beating Hoffenheim 3-1 on Sunday when Victor Boniface returned since she expected.
Boniface scored with his first shot at goal since his proposed move to Saudi team Al-Nassr collapsed. The Nigerian forward started for his first game since early November after recovering from a thigh injury.
“He wants the playing time. He is focused and we want him for the moment in which he starts the season. We want the total team,” Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said of Boniface, who played the first role before making way for Patrik Schick ahead of the moment.
Leverkusen finished with 10 players after Álex Grimaldo’s sending off with half an hour to play. New signings Emiliano Buendía and Mario Hermoso made their debuts as Alonso’s team stayed six points behind Bayern two weeks before the top two clash in Leverkusen.
Bayern beat Holstein Kiel on Saturday.
Boniface scored in the 15th minute with a shot that Hoffenheim goalkeeper Luca Philipp has probably saved.
Jeremie Frimpong made it 2-0 four minutes later after Aleix García sent the Dutch wing back through.
Then, Robin Braun has become the first referee to announce a call from Var to enthusiasts in a Bundesliga in form when a penalty that gave Nathan Tella for a failure of Hoffenheim’s defender David Jurasek, the video has been shown showing That Leverkusen Striker’s striker arrived here from a position out of breakdown before he is to blame.
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“Honestly, I’m relieved that everything is working. There were no peelers and it brought the desired benefits,” Braun told Dazn radio.
Buendía, who continued by the Tella lesion before the break, crossed the defense of Hoffenheim to see her shot stored through Philipp, but Schick there to fold the rebound 3-0 in 51. It is the 14th purpose of the championship of the championship of the Czech striker season.
Then Grimaldo was shown red in the 61st, when Hoffenheim substitute Gift Orban went on for the visitors. Orban pulled a goal back a minute later.
Buendía made it beautiful to compensate for the sending of Grimaldo. Although the Tempers sometimes came out, Leverkusen’s 10 men delayed visitors from the rest of the game.
Leverkusen then receives the rivals colony in the quarterfinals of the German Cup on Wednesday.
Eintracht Frankfurt in third place drew with Wolfsburg 1-1 at the start of the match.
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