LEVERKUSEN, Germany (Interstat) — Bayer Leverkusen overcame a two-goal deficit to beat Nurnberg 5-2 at BayArena on Wednesday, led by Edmond Tapsoba’s two goals. Nurnberg opened the scoring when Rafael Lubach struck in the 13th minute, and Sigurd Haugen added a second in the 30th. Tapsoba responded in the 41st and again in the 49th, Jonas Hofmann scored in the 78th, and Lucas scored in the 89th. Patrik Schick also scored for Leverkusen. William Vick recorded two assists for Nurnberg, while Aleix Garcia had two assists for Leverkusen. Tapsoba had two goals in 90 minutes, Haugen played 61 minutes and scored, Lubach played 76 minutes and scored, Hofmann played 87 minutes and scored, and Schick played 44 minutes and scored. Lucas received a yellow card in the 87th minute after Leverkusen’s E. Fernandez and Nurnberg’s G. Masouras were cautioned. Nurnberg is now 0-1 in the competition and 1-2-2 across all competitions. Leverkusen is 1-0 in the competition and 5-1 overall.