Wolfsburg, the team in second place and eight points behind Munich, scored with the last kick of the game to win, 5-4, in the stadium of Bayer Leverkusen. Munich should not have been surprised by the form of the Wolves, because it had been Wolfsburg that struck four goals past Bayern on the first day after the winter break a few weeks ago.

Bas Dost, who like Robben is Dutch, had scored twice against Bayern, and he doubled that on Saturday, including the game winner in the fourth minute of added time.

If Dost was hot, then Leverkusen’s Son Heung-min was hardly less so. Son got going in the second half when his team, having made the maximum three changes at halftime, came from 3-0 down to pull even after the stealthy South Korean notched a hat trick between the 57th and 67th minutes.

It wasn’t over, because Wolfsburg would not settle for an honorable tie away from home. The referee’s whistle was about to blow for the final time when Dost scored. The Dutchman was unsympathetic toward an opponent that was down to 10 men after defender Emir Spahic was sent off in the 82nd minute for a second yellow card offense.

Wolfsburg’s appetite for goals, and Leverkusen’s response, made for a thrilling shootout between a home side that attempted 15 shots, with seven on target, and a visiting team that tried 13 attempts, with an impressive nine on target.

Leverkusen has another week to redress the balance of attack and defense before it takes on Atlético Madrid, recently a 4-0 victor over Real Madrid, in the Champions League, in Germany on Feb. 25. A day before that, Borussia Dortmund has a trip to Juventus.

Dortmund’s first half of this season has been quite baffling. In the Champions League, it blew away some exacting opponents to qualify with ease from its group. In the Bundesliga, Dortmund lost players to injury, lost confidence and seemed hounded by the fear of being relegated.