Led by the impressive attacking duo of Karim Bellarabi and Julian Brandt, Bayer 04 Leverkusen secured a very important victory on matchday 31. Despite trailing 2-0 at half time away to FC Schalke 04, they recovered to claim a 3-2 victory. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Germany international Leroy Sané had fired the hosts into the lead during the first half, but Brandt and Bellarabi scored shortly after the restart, before Javier Hernandez completed Leverkusen’s comeback on the hour mark. His 17th goal of the season wrapped up a 3-2 win for Bayer 04. Germany international Bernd Leno also saved a penalty from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar just five minutes into the game.
Die Mannschaft's Karim Bellarabi helped Leverkusen come back from two goals down
Brandt and Bellarabi on target in Leverkusen comeback win
Led by the impressive attacking duo of Karim Bellarabi and Julian Brandt, Bayer 04 Leverkusen secured a very important victory on matchday 31. Despite trailing 2-0 at half time away to FC Schalke 04, they recovered to claim a 3-2 victory. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Germany international Leroy Sané had fired the hosts into the lead during the first half, but Brandt and Bellarabi scored shortly after the restart, before Javier Hernandez completed Leverkusen’s comeback on the hour mark. His 17th goal of the season wrapped up a 3-2 win for Bayer 04. Germany international Bernd Leno also saved a penalty from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar just five minutes into the game.