Bayer Leverkusen pulled off a stunning comeback against Wolfsburg when they twice fought back from a goal down with Victor Boniface scoring the decisive goal in the 93rd minute, giving them a 4-3 home win on Sunday.
The champions suffered a nightmare start as Nordi Mukiele scored an own goal in the fourth minute, but they levelled nine minutes later when Florian Wirtz struck from the edge of the box. Jonathan Tah scored their second with a cool header.
The lead was short-lived as the visitors equalised from a Sebastiaan Bornauw header before Mattias Svanberg went on a driving run in Leverkusen’s half and curled the ball past Lukas Hradecky on the stroke of half-time.
Leverkusen looked more assured after Xabi Alonso made two changes during the break and their pressure quickly told, as Piero Hincapié headed home in the 49th minute, before the substitute Boniface rifled home a loose ball in the penalty area for the winner. By then Wolfsburg were down to 10 men as Yannick Gerhardt was sent off in the 88th minute.
In La Liga, Athletic Bilbao moved up to third with a 3-1 win at home to Celta Vigo, thanks to two goals from Gorka Guruzeta. After his first goal, Vigo equalised through Iago Aspas, but Guruzeta restored the lead six minutes before half-time. Álvaro Djaló made sure of the points 10 minutes from time.
In Serie A, Fiorentina were indebted to two penalties from Albert Gudmundsson, which earned them a 2-1 win at home against Lazio. Mario Gila gave the Rome side the lead but Gudmundsson scored his first after 49 minutes. Fiorentina were awarded another spot-kick in the 90th minute, which the Icelander coolly slotted home.
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