Danish Yussuf Poulsen continues to demonstrate målfarlighed in the German Bundesliga in football.
national player was with the two scores highly instrumental in his club, RB Leipzig, at stamford bridge defeated Stuttgart 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Poulsen scored the first and third goal for Leipzig, which remains in fourth place in the Bundesliga.
The first take fell already after six minutes, and was far from one of the most difficult targets, as the 24-year-old striker has scored in his career.
Teammate Timo Werner got free at the end line and sent the ball flat in front of goal, where the three Stuttgart defenders stood in the way of each other.
No one managed to kick the ball away, and then landed it in place of the feet of Poulsen, who scored from a few meters distance.
14 goal – Luka Jovic
13 goal – Robert Lewandowski
13 goal – Marco Reus
12 goals – Yussuf Poulsen
12 goal – Paco Alcacer
Yussuf Poulsen with two scores more, so now he is almost the Bundesliga’s top scorer. Photo: Sebastian Gollnow/Ritzau Scanpix
the Lead did not last long. Stuttgart angrebsveteran Mario Gomez headede on goal, but the ball hit the Leipzig Willi Orban on the arm, and the judge sentenced the penalty kick after having reviewed the situation on the video.
Steven Zuber arranged for the reversal from the 11-meter-stain.
A much-needed succesoplevelse for the struggling team who had only scored one point out of the six previous bundesliga matches.
But the guests regained the lead midway in the half, when Marcel Sabitzer curled a direct free kick in målhjørnet, and shortly after scored Poulsen at the new.
The fast dane was sent off in the left side, and when the Stuttgart keeper Ron-Robert Zieler came out to meet him, rolled he’s probably the ball into the long corner.
Yussuf Poulsen is now in fourth place on the Bundesligaens high score table with his 12 goal of the season. The leading on the list, Frankfurt Luka Jovic, has scored 14 times.
