For Bochum, which was searching for its first point of the year after three losses, including a 7-0 thrashing at home to Bayern Munich last weekend, Gerrit Holtmann twice struck the goalframe. When Riemann stopped Grifo's penalty and the follow-up shot from the rebound in the 48th minute, he scored on the third attempt. Grifo gleefully tapped away what turned out to be the game-winning goal after Bochum's defenders took too long to clear the danger. Grifo was fortunate to get a third chance.
After dropping the ball and trying in vain to stop Roland Sallai, Manuel Riemann was given the penalty kick. Sallai felt the drag and theatrically threw himself to the ground to draw attention. After reviewing the video replays, referee Marco Fritz decided to give the penalty.