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Watch Inter Milan's Super Mario in action, scoring some great goals.
His second goal was even better as he took a diagonal ball from Dennis Diekmeier into his path and beat Germany number one Rene Adler with a high shot into the top corner.
Leverkusen found themselves with a mountain to climb just 10 minutes in to the second period when Tavares added a third for the Bavarians.
He opened his account for the season with a shot on the turn which beat Adler into his bottom right-hand corner.
Helmes was introduced moments later as Leverkusen had no other choice but to take a gamble.
Kiessling got the goal he was looking for in the 66th minute, and it could hardly have been any easier as Gonzalo Castro laid the ball on a plate to him having already beaten Nurnberg goalkeeper Rafael Schafer.
Helmes set up a grandstand finish with his first goal of the season in the 73rd minute, punishing Dennis Diekmeier's poor clearance to beat Schafer with a low shot.
Leverkusen threw everybody forward for a nail-biting final 10 minutes but they could not find a way though as they lost for the first time in 25 league games this season.
| SCORING SUMMARY | |
| Nurnberg | Bayer Leverkusen |
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting(42) | Stefan Kießling (66) |
| Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting(45) | Patrick Helmes (73) |
| Mikael Tavares (55) | |
| MATCH STATS | ||
| Nurnberg | Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 10(4) | 13(7) |
| Fouls | 6 | 14 |
| Corner Kicks | 2 | 8 |
| Offsides | 4 | 3 |
| Time of Possession | 41% | 59% |
| Yellow Cards | 1 | 5 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 0 |
| Saves | 5 | 1 |
| MATCH INFORMATION |
| Stadium: EasyCredit-Stadion, Germany Attendance: 40,329 Match Time: 14:30 UK Official(s): Dr Jochen Drees (Referee) |
