(Bundesliga 2024/2025): Highlights Leverkusen - Hoffenheim

It was found quickly, here's Granit Xhaka, Alex Garcia moving it along, oh lovely little ball for Victor Boniface, who is back with a bang. One chance is all he needs, he wasn't even expected to be here, he stayed, he's back in the side and he's found the corner. There's one for Frimpong, who timed that nicely and Jeremy Frimpong is in and could make it two. Brilliant, cool as you like and suddenly things look very, very damaging indeed for Hoffenheim. They must stop that supply lane to Jeremy Frimpong, it's been all too easy so far, that nearly was and then is there a touch, yes penalty. Dear oh dear, Hoffenheim are becoming their own worst enemies, was definitely behind the play. There you go, a little bit of history. Bierschorff found Geiger and now they could go for goal and maybe a cross was the better option, but Buta thought he'd try his luck out on the right hand side. Hasn't seen much of him, he only joined the action late in the first half but here he goes into his stride, he might fancy a shot here and does and nearly makes it three. They should do here and they have into the top corner and it's taken Patrick Schick less than six minutes, that is what you call a really impressive substitution. Wendy's initiative and Schick's ruthlessness and Leverkusen now have breathing space. And now Grimaldo can maybe launch a counter-attack here as well, knew exactly where the support was in Patrick Schick, Wirtz out to the far side, this should easily be four, unfortunately further deflection it isn't. Long balls have been one of the best outlets, there goes Buta, down he goes and that will be a free kick and he's on the book and it may be trouble here for Grimaldo who has a second yellow and a red card and Leverkusen's hold on the game maybe loosened a little because they're down to ten. He got a silly yellow for kicking the ball back onto the pitch at the end of the first half and he's got one here for taking out Buta. In it comes, it's straight at goal and it's swatted away by the goalkeeper but there's plenty there in the white and in it goes and he has made an immediate impact. Well what about that, just off the bench and Giftorban does what he did against Frankfurt. Another inspired change and Hoffenheim have struck back. Umeh has it, that's a better option and a good hit too from young Hannes Behrens, well saved by Radetzky. Here he is again and it comes to Chavez who rises and nods it wide. Well Xabi Alonso is dead by Leverkusen, needed a win and they got a Bundesliga win. Two early goals from Victor Boniface and Jeremy Frimpong did the damage inside 20 minutes and then early in the second half he said on Patrick Schick at the break and inside six minutes he made it 3-1.