Bayer-Leverkusen (BL) came from behind to keep their great Bundesliga title hopes alive with a vital 2-1 win over struggling St Pauli. Charles Takyi gave the visitors the lead in the fifty seventh minute and some seconds, but Stefan Kiessling deservedly levelled nine minutes later. Lars Bender earned Leverkusen the win with thirteen minutes remaining to move them within five precious points of league leaders Borussia Dortmund with 5 (five) games of the season left to play.
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Michael Ballack squandered the first chance of the game in the twelfth minute, powering his effort too close to St Pauli goal keeper Benedikt Pliquett.
Arturo Vidal has missed an even easier chance in the thirty eighth minute and some seconds when he was given time and room to shoot on the edge of the six yard box next being picked out by Tranquillo Barnetta, one of the team player but he did not find the target. St Pauli took the lead against the run of play when Florian Bruns' cross was met by Takyi at the near post and he managed to divert the ball beyond the reach of Fabian Giefer into the far corner.
The goal stung Leverkusen and they responded immediately. Sidney Sam was rightly adjudged to be offside from Barnetta's pass when he played his shot in off the underside of the crossbar in the sixty first minute and some seconds.
Kiessling levelled five minutes later, though, rounding off an excellent team move involving Gonzalo Castro and Eren Derdiyok, who ripped the St Pauli defence apart.
Ballack got closer to scoring with two successful kicks, the 1st just missing the post and the 2nd pushed away by Pliquett, before Bender put the home side in front in the seventy seventh minute and some seconds.
His kick wriggled just under Pliquett and trickled over the line to earn Leverkusen all three points.
His kick wriggled just under Pliquett and trickled over the line to earn Leverkusen all three points.
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