Buendia helps Leverkusen stay in race

BERLIN: Emiliano Buendia snatched a stoppage-time winner to give Bayer Leverkusen a 1-0 win at Heidenheim on Saturday, keeping their slim hopes of defending their league title alive.

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Eliminated from the German Cup by second-division Kaiserslautern, Bielefeld on Tuesday, Leverkusen needed a win to stay six points behind league leaders Bayern Munich, who won 3-1 at Augsburg on Friday.

Coach Alonso side looked out of ideas in attack against the relegation candidates, missing the creative spark of injured playmaker Florian Wirtz.

However, as they have done so often under the Spaniard, Leverkusen scored in injury time to grab all three points, Buendia curling home from outside the box on 91 minutes.

Leverkusen's Jonathan Tah said: "We didn't play a good game at all... It was difficult today -- at the end we needed a bit of luck."