Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 Arsenal

Champions League•2025-26
1-1
Formation
4-3-3
Venue
Away
Voting
Closed
Closed
19:30
31.7ktotal votes
David
1
David
Raya
GK

Didn't have loads to do but made a great save early in the second half but they then scored from the subsequent corner

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6.5
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6.9[2.5k]
Jurrien
12
Jurrien
Timber
RB

Missed a good chance late on from a Martinelli cross, but I often wonder what kind of team we'd be if we got a forward player into the attacking positions our right-back takes up

Arseblog
5.5
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6.1[2.5k]
William
2
William
Saliba
RCB

Fine, but found their young striker a handful (of shirt) throughout

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6.0
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6.2[2.4k]
Gabriel
6
Gabriel
Magalhaes
LCB

Also had some trouble with their striker, Rice bailed him out in the first half after an uncharacteristic mistake

Arseblog
6.0
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6.3[2.4k]
Piero
5
Piero
Hincapie
LB

Solid enough on his return to his parent club

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6.0
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6.3[2.4k]
Martin
36
Martin
Zubimendi
RCM

I hope that yellow card doesn't come back to haunt him/us, because it was ridiculous

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6.0
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5.9[2.4k]
Declan
41
Declan
Rice
LCM

Reliable on the ball

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6.0
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6.3[2.4k]
Eberechi
10
Eberechi
Eze
ACM

Thought he offered more than some of his other more quiet games, nice stepover in the build up to the Martinelli chance

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6.0
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5.6[2.4k]
Gabriel
11
Gabriel
Martinelli
LAM

Hit the bar in the first half with our best move of the game, got booked, did create that chance for Timber but guilty of too many touches at times when we needed more acceleration

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6.0
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5.8[2.4k]
Bukayo
7
Bukayo
Saka
RAM

Really struggled this evening, looked predictable and easy to defend against, and very unusually was (rightly) taken off on the hour mark

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4.0
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4.3[2.5k]
Viktor
14
Viktor
Gyokeres
ST

Some good touches, especially early on, set up the chance for Martinelli, but faded as the game went on

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6.0
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5.2[2.4k]
Noni
20
Noni
Madueke
SUB1

Very positive when he came on, tried to make things happen, and ultimately his endeavour resulted in the penalty that Havertz tucked away

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7.5
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7.2[2.4k]
Kai
29
Kai
Havertz
SUB2
⚽

Big pressure on him to deliver on his first return to his old club, and made no mistake from the spot. Was given a yellow card even more ludicrous than the Zubi one

Arseblog
7.0
Users
7.0[2.4k]
Gabriel
9
Gabriel
Jesus
SUB3

Not on long enough to rate

Bonus

7/10 – I quite enjoyed the slow motion drops of water dripping from the underside of the crossbar as Martinelli's shot smacked off it.