Super Eagles new boy Victor Boniface’s stunning solo goal named among Bundesliga’s best

The Bayer Leverkusen striker has been on fire since arriving in Germany from Belgium earlier in the summer

Victor Boniface’s first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in their commanding 5-1 win over newly-promoted Darmstadt has been included in the Bundesliga’s top five goals of the weekend, Soccernet.ng reports. 

Boniface netted a double – his second consecutive brace – to lift Leverkusen to a third straight league win of the campaign.

His first of the afternoon, which opened the scoring for the home side, was a stunning individual effort that raised the roof of the BayerArena.

The visitors fumbled at a corner, allowing Leverkusen to launch a counterattack, which Boniface spearheaded.

 

The former Union Saint-Gilloise forward dribbled past two defenders before dinking the ball past the goalkeeper into the net.

Boniface hit the target again in the second half with an expert left-footed finish (and added an assist later), but it is his first goal that has made it into the Bundesliga’s top five goals of the weekend.

After a stunning start to life in Germany, Boniface now has six-goal contributions (4 goals, two assists) in only three games for Leverkusen.

The 22-year-old claimed an assist on his debut in the 3-2 win over RB Leipzig on August 19 and followed it up with a brace in the 0-3 win at Borussia Monchengladbach on matchday two.

Boniface’s brilliance has been rewarded with his first Super Eagles call-up ahead of Nigeria’s AFCON qualifier against Sao Tome and Principe.