Five-star Stuttgart keeps knockout hopes alive
Stuttgart came from a goal down to thump winless Young Boys 5-1 and keep its hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stages alive.
The Bundesliga outfit is in 26th, but just a point off reaching the play-off places, with Slovan Bratislava and Paris Saint-Germain up next.
Lukasz Lakomy fired Young Boys into a sixth minute lead, dedicating his goal to team-mate Meschak Elia, who lost his son on Wednesday after battling a brief illness.
However, Stuttgart drew level soon after through Angelo Stiller after he was picked out by Josha Vagnoman, before finishing past David von Ballmoos.
After failing to find a second goal before the break, Enzo Millot put Stuttgart into a 53rd-minute lead after neat build-up play, with the goal eventually given after a lengthy VAR check.
The result was sealed just after the hour mark through Vagnoman, before Yannik Keitel netted his first goal for the club to add further gloss to an impressive display.
Keitel's 75th-minute strike was set up by the excellent Fabian Rieder, who became the first Swiss and Stuttgart player to notch a hat-trick of assists in a Champions League match.
