Wolfsburg floor Bayer Leverkusen in nine-goal thriller
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ByEurosport
Updated 14/02/2015 at 19:59 GMT
Bas Dost scored four goals, including a stoppage-time winner, to give VfL Wolfsburg a 5-4 victory at Bayer Leverkusen in an unforgettable Bundesliga encounter.
Wolfsburg's Bas Dost celebrates after scoring a goal against Bayer Leverkusen (Reuters)
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Striker Dost became the first Dutchman to score four times in a Bundesliga game as Wolfsburg led 3-0 and 4-2 before Leverkusen, for whom Son Heung-min bagged a hat-trick, pegged them back to 4-4.
The thriller in Leverkusen was as much down to dreadful defending as anything else.
Dost was left unmarked to head the opener, Naldo made it 2-0 when his low free kick was misjudged by Bernd Leno and Dost again escaped the attentions of the home defence to score with a deft flick, all in less then 30 minutes.
Wolfsburg then helped Leverkusen back into the game with some blunders of their own.
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Wolfsburg's coach Dieter Hecking reacts during their Bundesliga match against Bayer Leverkusen (Reuters)
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Son capitalised on a mistake by goalkeeper Diego Benaglio in the 57th minute and the South Korean scored again five minutes later after the former Swiss international came rushing off his line.
Almost immediately Son lost possession and Ricardo Rodriguez crossed for Dost to make it 4-2.
Son, the first player in 11 years to be on the losing side after scoring a Bundesliga hat-trick, pulled another goal back before Karim Bellarabi broke clear to equalise with 18 minutes to go.
Leverkusen had Emir Spahic sent off and then Dost had the final word when he got in front of Leno to flick the winner from Vieirinha's low cross in the third minute of stoppage time.
"Every time I scored I thought we had won it but they just kept coming back," Dost told reporters.
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Wolfsburg's Bas Dost scores his fourth goal during their Bundesliga first division match against Bayer Leverkusen (Reuters)
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The drama continued elsewhere as Granit Xhaka's last-gasp goal gave Borussia Moenchengladbach a 1-0 win over local rivals Cologne and Sebastian Rudy scored in stoppage time as Hoffenheim triumphed 2-1 against VfB Stuttgart who are now bottom.
Werder Bremen continued their revival with a 3-2 victory over Augsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt beat Schalke 04 1-0 with a second-half goal by Lucas Piazon.
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