BERLIN: Darmstadt 08 forward Sandro Wagner missed a penalty with the last kick of the game as visiting Mainz 05 won their Bundesliga derby 3-2 on Friday to climb provisionally to fifth ahead of the rest of the eighth round.

Mainz midfielder Stefan Bell opened the scoring with a header from a free kick in the 15th minute and Yunus Malli made it 2-0 with his sixth goal of the season eight minutes later.

Marcel Heller pulled one back with an outstanding strike in the 27th and Marco Sailer equalised in the 57th, only for Pablo de Blasis to claim the winner seven minutes later on the rebound after Japan striker Yoshinori Muto’s initial effort was saved.

Wagner had the chance to claim a draw for Darmstadt when Luca Caldirola went down under Gonzalo Jara’s challenge in the fourth minute of injury time, but the forward blazed the ball well over from the spot.

Published in Dawn October 4th, 2015

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