Union of Berlin Jordan Pefok scored a thunderous goal in the 84th minute to seal a 2-1 victory for the home team first Mainz on Saturday and put them at the top of the Bundesliga with their fourth straight win in the league.
Union has won 39 points from 19 games, leading by two points Bayern Munich Who can reclaim the top spot with a win at VfL Wolfsburg on Sunday. the third position Borussia Dortmund also have 37 points after crushing Freiburg 5-1.
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Union, unbeaten at home this season, have now scored two more league wins than Bayern but for Urs Fischer’s players any title talk is irrelevant, with the team. more focused on wanting to get 40 points to make sure they keep going.
“We are enjoying a great moment but it still has a long way to go,” said the Union captain Christopher Trimmel. “We want to continue to maintain our lead there but we know we have to keep improving if we want to do that.”
“There are a lot of good teams out there that have championship aspirations,” he added.
“Once we reach that goal [40 points] We will sit down and define new goals. We still have a lot of tough games ahead of us.”
The home team got off to a strong start with Jerome Roussillon And Rani Khedira come closer first Kevin Behrens scored after 32 minutes for a well-deserved lead.
Mainz had few chances in the game but they were awarded a penalty in the 78th minute for handball thanks to VAR review and substitutions. Marcus Ingvartsen score the equalizer.
It then took Union six minutes to find a winner, with Jordan finishing from close range after Mainz failed to land a cross, to continue their sensational campaign.
