Fullkrug back in business as Werder Bremen stun RB Leipzig

[p]Looking to bounce back from a heavy 4-1 defeat to Freiburg, Bremen made the best possible start to their first home game of the season, hitting the front inside four minutes of the referee’s first whistle.[/p][p]The hosts’ aggressive press enabled them to win the ball high up the pitch before it was quickly worked to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chuki/bcJKuoR6/"]Chuki[/a], who cleverly slipped in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/dinkci-eren/tATOM8P9/"]Eren Dinkci[/a] for a composed finish on his first start since returning to Bremen.[/p][p]After making a sluggish start to proceedings, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/rb-leipzig/KbS1suSm/"]RB Leipzig[/a] thought they had been offered a way into the contest when the referee pointed to the spot for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hein-karl/jyH8E81E/"]Karl Hein[/a]’s nervy challenge on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nkunku-christopher/8liaG2W0/"]Christopher Nkunku[/a], but the penalty decision was soon reversed after a review showed that the goalkeeper had clearly won the ball, allowing the home fans to breathe a collective sigh of relief. [/p][image alt="Werder Bremen - RB Leipzig match momentum" id="d916204f-a5fb-4723-a89c-bc8da010d8d3" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="da67a611-5e34-4ece-b324-5c701feacb6c" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The Werder faithful nearly had a spectacular effort to celebrate when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/regeer-youri/fB0UN6SA/"]Youri Regeer[/a] attempted an audacious lob from distance in the opening stages of the second period, forcing the backpedalling [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vandevoordt-maarten/AFY9ARa5/"]Maarten Vandevoordt[/a] to palm the ball against the crossbar.[/p][p]Unfortunately for the visitors, there was nothing the Belgian goalkeeper could do to prevent Fullkrug from doubling Bremen’s advantage. The imposing striker crept into the box unmarked to meet [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grull-marco/hCB1UCHG/"]Marco Grull[/a]’s outswinging corner, producing the required power and accuracy to steer his header beyond Vandevoordt’s despairing dive. [/p][p]Matters got worse for Leipzig when Marco Grüll added a third in the 80th minute, pouncing on a weak defensive header to drill a low shot in at the near post.[/p][p]There was time left for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baku-bote/AVMjVAqt/"]Ridle Baku[/a] to head in a late consolation from a deep cross, but it would have done little to lift [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/demichelis-martin/2Z11gzUL/"]Martin Demichelis[/a]’ spirits as he suffered his first defeat as Leipzig boss, leaving him with work to do ahead of a UEFA Champions League clash against Como. [/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/deman-olivier/2FUXXkKc/"]Olivier Deman[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/werder-bremen/Ig1f1fy3/"]Werder Bremen[/a])[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/rb-leipzig-KbS1suSm/werder-bremen-Ig1f1fy3/summary/stats/?mid=hdBQaANH"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/p]