Thrilling Mainz victory inflicts misery on Leverkusen

After some midweek mayhem at the BayArena whereby Monaco bagged an injury time winner to leave Leverkusen reeling, Xabi Alonso rested several big names. A meeting with Mainz wrapped up Matchday 21 proceeding, but the Spanish coach opted to start without the assistance of Florian Wirtz and Frimpong amongst others. ‘Die Werkself’ had the opportunity to rise up the Bundesliga table, but failed to do so tonight as Mainz sealed a thrilling 3-2 victory.