Tremendous Eagles and Bayer 04 Leverkusen striker, Victor Okoh Boniface, got here off the bench to alter the sport for Xabi Alonso’s facet as they eased to a 2-0 victory over West Ham United, Soccernet.ng stories.
Going into the sport tonight, Die Werkself have been having fun with a 41-game unbeaten run and have been excessive on confidence, nonetheless heading in the right direction for 3 trophies this season.
Boniface began the sport on the bench, with Alonso opting to start out Patrik Schick up-front, paired alongside Amine Adli and Florian Wirtz.
Leverkusen have been on the entrance foot for many of the first half, conserving Lukasz Fabianski busy while limiting West Ham to only one shot on objective.
The second half began on a much less intense notice for the Bundesliga League leaders, however the introduction of Nathan Tella, Jonas Hofmann and Victor Boniface marked a optimistic change within the depth gear on the Bay Area.
The impasse was damaged with seven minutes left on the clock. A nook kick taken by Alejandro Grimaldo fell to Boniface who took a first-time shot, just for his try to be blocked. The ball fell to Hofmann, who swung his left foot by the ball to attain his eighth objective of the season.
Boniface added the second objective within the extra minutes of the sport, heading residence from a Jonas Hofmann corner-kick as the 2 substitutes mixed for the second of the sport. The Nigerian ahead celebrated his first objective since December in fashion, imitating the signature objective celebration of Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus.
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Bayer 04 Leverkusen can be topped Bundesliga Champions for the primary time in historical past in the event that they safe three factors towards Werder Bremen on Sunday.
