Leverkusen come from 2-0 down to beat Klose's Nurnberg 5-2 in Pokal

📰 Leverkusen trailed Miroslav Klose's Nurnberg 2-0 before scoring five in a row to reach the Pokal last 16. 📌 Key points 😱 Leverkusen were 2-0 down to second-tier Nurnberg inside 30 minutes. 💪 Captain Tapsoba scored twice from corners to level. ⚽ Schick (penalty), Hofmann and Vazquez completed a 5-2 win. 🗣️ Klose said 5-2 was 'a bit too much'. 🔄 It eased the pain of a 3-0 defeat at Hoffenheim three days earlier. 📝 What happened 😱 Nurnberg struck first at the BayArena on 28 October. Rafael Lubach drilled a low shot from 16 metres on 14 minutes, and Sigurd Haugen made it 2-0 from three metres on 30 after a William Boving counter. Leverkusen struggled, with Nathan Tella denied twice. 💪 Captain Edmond Tapsoba changed the game. He bundled in a corner with his shoulder on 41 minutes, then turned in another corner from five metres on 49 to make it 2-2. ⚽ After that it was all Leverkusen. Patrik Schick converted a penalty he won himself on 70 minutes, Jonas Hofmann's deflected shot went in on 78, and Lucas Vazquez struck the fifth from 15 metres on 89. 🗣️ Aleix Garcia admitted Leverkusen 'didn't start well' and said Nurnberg would have had no chance had they played like in the second half. Klose said 5-2 was 'a bit too much'. 📊 By the numbers • Leverkusen 5-2 Nurnberg (1-2 at half-time) • Five unanswered goals from 2-0 down • Tapsoba 2 goals (41 and 49, both from corners) • Previous league game: 3-0 defeat at Hoffenheim 🔭 Why it matters Leverkusen were rattled by the 3-0 loss at Hoffenheim on 25 October, but this comeback puts them in the last 16. On Saturday 31 October at 15:30 they host Stuttgart, who have lost five of seven league games. The last-16 draw is on 1 November.