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Commentary
1¹GALLAGHER was put clear by INGS and he turned BOSSIO but struck his shot wide.
6¹KIESSLING charged through the Blackburn Rovers defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
8¹DEMIRBAY made space on the right and knocked the ball to SINKGRAVEN who clipped the ball wide.
9¹The stunned 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from VAN GINKEL fell just over.
10¹NELSON booked for a high tackle on HAVERTZ.
12¹A cynical challenge on JAVI MARTÍNEZ by TOMORI results in a booking.
13¹A shot from UTH seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear.
17¹GOAL!! A foul on GALLAGHER inside the area gave Blackburn Rovers a penalty which DERBYSHIRE buried. (1-0 Blackburn Rovers)
18¹INGS brought the ball round BELLARABI and flicked a poor shot wide.
27¹GOAL!! A great piece of skill from SINKGRAVEN gave DEMIRBAY space on the right and BELLARABI stroked in his accurate pass. (1-1)
30¹A brilliant strike from NELSON was dealt with by a fine block from BOSSIO.
30¹GOAL!! A long clearance by the Bayer Leverkusen 'keeper beat the Blackburn Rovers defence and HAVERTZ slammed the ball past the advancing Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (2-1 Bayer Leverkusen)
38¹A good ball from HENRICHS on the right bobbled toward AMIRI who scuffed his shot over.
40¹GOAL!! A long ball from DERBYSHIRE down the middle was collected by the lurking GALLAGHER who drove a left foot shot into the net. (2-2)
0²GOAL!! An inswinging corner was kicked clear only for DERBYSHIRE to fire the ball home. (3-2 Blackburn Rovers)
9²BELLARABI receives a yellow card for a late challenge.
12²GOAL!! Unlucky DEMIRBAY hit the post before UTH poked the ball into the net as GUILBERT failed to clear. (3-3)
17²A penalty box meleé resulted in KIESSLING cracking a low shot wide.
22²GOAL!! A shot from UTH bobbled through a ruck of players and trickled past the unsighted Blackburn Rovers 'keeper. (4-3 Bayer Leverkusen)
30²A free-kick from BELLARABI flew wide.
34²NORMAN cautions HAVERTZ.
39²DERBYSHIRE ran onto a great ball from NELSON but pulled his shot wide.

 
Bayer Leverkusen
 
League position: 18
Home league form: WWWL
Overall league form: WWLWWLLL
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Carlos BOSSIO6 15½Jordan PICKFORD
Benjamin HENRICHS6½27 Frédéric GUILBERT
Daley SINKGRAVEN6½36½Jack ROBINSON
Nadiem AMIRI7½47 MIKEL MERINO Zazon
Sven BENDER6½57 Fikayo TOMORI
JAVI MARTÍNEZ5 66½JESÚS VALLEJO Lazaro
Kai HAVERTZ6 77 Reiss NELSON
Karim BELLARABI7 86½Paul GALLAGHER
(p)Mark UTH7 96½Matt DERBYSHIRE(p)
(f)Kerem DEMIRBAY6½106 Marco VAN GINKEL(f)
Stefan KIESSLING6½116 Danny INGS(c)
Manager
ANDRÉ Ramalho  12  Greg CUNNINGHAM
Filip KURTO  13  ADRIÁN San
Gonzalo CASTRO  14  JAVI MANQUILLO
Vladlen YURCHENKO6 15  Lewis TRAVIS
Sascha DUM  16  Lewis HOLTBY
 
Blackburn Rovers
 
League position: 21
Away league form: LWLL
Overall league form: WLLLXWLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Bayer Leverkusen 4 Blackburn Rovers 3
(Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 22,306, Stadium: BayArena, Referee: Morgan Norman 7½)

Bellarabi 27¹, Havertz 30¹, Uth 12², Uth 22²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Derbyshire 17¹ (pen), Gallagher 40¹, Derbyshire 0²
Javi MartínezóYurchenko 9² 
  
Bellarabi 9², Havertz 34²Nelson 10¹, Tomori 12¹
22
2516
34
65
94
159
22
52%48%
Man of the match: Nadiem Amiri