Victor Boniface scored his first goal of the year in Bayer Leverkusen’s dominant win over Gift Orban’s Hoffenheim.
Boniface returned to action for Bayer Leverkusen as the German champions thrash Hoffenheim at the Bay Arena on Sunday evening.
The Super Eagles forward put his failed move to Al Nassr aside as he put up an impressive performance in the 3-1 win.
Boniface scored the first goal of the match in the fifteen minute.
The 24-year-old forward received a brilliant pass from Alejandro Grimaldo and showed great composure in the box before slotting the ball into the back of the net.
Dutch defender Jeremie Frimpong doubled the lead for the reigning champions four minutes later.
The wing-back raced into box after receiving a pass from Aleix Garcia and buried the ball into the bottom left corner to put Leverkusen two goals ahead.
Victor Boniface who recently returned from a lengthy injury featuref for only 46 minutes and was replaced by Patrik Schick.
The Czech Republic striker made an instant impact as he increased Bayer Leverkusen’s lead four minutes after he stepped into the pitch.
Schick reacted fastest to a rebound from Emiliano Buendia’s shot which came off the goalkeeper to register his 14th goal in 17 Bundesliga matches this season.
Nigerian striker Gift Orban scored his second league goal as he pulled one goal back for the visitorsa few seconds after coming on as a substitute.
Victor Boniface despite being on the sidelines has an impressive goals return with seven in 11 league matches for Bayer Leverkusen.
The defending champions are currently second on the log with 45 points, six behind leaders Bayern Munich.
