The hosts muted their celebrations after the final whistle when it emerged a fan had collapsed during the game and was rushed to hospital after emergency treatment.

"In moments like this, it's not proper to celebrate," said Wolfsburg midfielder Maximilian Arnold.

"As a whole club, our thoughts are somewhere else right now."

Wolfsburg grabbed the winner shortly after the break when left-back Jerome Roussillon reacted quickest to a loose ball.

The hosts scored when Wolfsburg won the ball back from a long throw by Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi and moved the ball to the left flank.

Their Swiss winger Renato Steffen whipped in a low cross, which Gulacsi could only parry into the path of Roussillon, who smashed home his first Bundesliga goal for two years.

Under new coach Mark van Bommel, Wolfsburg are now the only team in Germany's top flight to have won all of three games this season.

Leipzig captain Marcel Sabitzer was left out of the matchday squad amid reports he is about to join Bayern Munich.

It was a disappointing result for Leipzig coach Jesse Marsch after his team hammered Stuttgart 4-0 last time out following a shock defeat at Mainz on the opening weekend of the season.

August 29, 2021

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