Bayer Leverkusen Stun Atletico Madrid With Two Late Goals to Earn First Win in UEFA Champions League

• Bayer Leverkusen stole all three points against Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League Group B tie after two late goals
• Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby scored late on for the Bundesliga side after a dominant display against Diego Simeone’s side
• Bayer Leverkusen has now leapfrogged Atletico Madrid to second on the Group B table with 3 points from 2 games

Bayer Leverkusen needed two late goals to grab their first win in the UEFA Champions League after securing a 2-0 victory against Atletico Madrid at the Bay Arena.

Atletico Madrid were hoping to consolidate on their matchday 1 victory against Porto but faltered badly against the Bundesliga side who were dominant from start to finish.

With the game seeming like it was heading for a tie, Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby popped up with a goal apiece to hand Leverkusen all three points against Diego Simeone’s men.

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Bayer Leverkusen get their campaign on track

Bayer Leverkusen claimed just their second win of the season after six defeats in eight games across all competitions with a 2-0 win against Atletico Madrid.

Both teams had largely canceled each other out in a first half of few chance as Leverkusen looked better early on, when Andrich fired a good chance over.

Atleti had two strong penalty shouts in the first-half and were unlucky not to be awarded at least one spot-kick when Alvaro Morata was nudged over from behind by Kerem Demirbay and alo so when Edmond Tapsoba seemed to handle a ball headed on from a dangerous Joao Felix cross, but no further action was needed after a quick VAR check.

After the break, Adam Hlozek of the Czech Republic hit the post on the rebound, and Patrik Schick of the home team hit the crossbar.

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The final 10 minutes saw both sides pick up the tempo, but Leverkusen was the team to score.

Frimpong did well to elude his defender and throw a low pass into the center for Andrich, who scored his first Champions League goal by hitting the ball first-time inside the left post.

Frimpong then gave Diaby a magnificent cross to make it 2-0 for Leverkusen, condemning Atletico Madrid to their first loss in the Champions League this season.

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Both sides shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw, but Atletico players felt hard done by the result.

Atletico striker Alvaro Morata had a goal ruled out after Joao Felix was adjudged to have handled the ball in the build-up.