Bundesliga: Awoniyi nets again for high-flying Union Berlin

Taiwo Awoniyi has netted his ninth goal in the German Bundesliga for Union Berlin to shoot to fourth spot on the table courtesy of a 2-1 win against RB Leipzig, last season’s Bundesliga runners-up, on Friday night.

Awoniyi got Union off to a flying start as early as the sixth minute when he popped up at the far post to tap home.

Already, Leipzig’s third consecutive league loss kept them in eighth place and piled the pressure on coach Jesse Marsch after eliminated from the Champions League, have now lost three league matches in a row for the first time in their top division history and are already 13 points off the pacesetters.

On the other hand, Awoniyi’s Union have moved up to fourth, but Leipzig, whose last Bundesliga away win was in April, levelled seven minutes later with Christopher Nkunku’s 25-metre shot as goalkeeper Andreas Luthe misjudged the ball’s flight.

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With the snowfall in the capital getting heavier after the break, Union struck back when Timo Baumgartl benefitted from Max Kruse’s deflected shot to tap home from close range in the 57th.

Union missed several golden chances in a strong finish but Leipzig keeper Peter Gulacsi pulled off several stunning saves to keep the score down at the end of proceedings.