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LONDON: Newly crowned Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen reached the Europa League semi-finals but almost lost their season-long unbeaten record as they struck late to draw 1-1 away at West Ham United for a 3-1 aggregate victory on Thursday (Apr 18).
West Ham bowed out of the Europa League but only after giving new German champions Bayer Leverkusen an almighty fright.
West Ham bowed out of the Europa League but only after giving new German champions Bayer Leverkusen an almighty fright.
West Ham United vs Bayer Leverkusen tuntas 1-1 di leg kedua perempatfinal Liga Europa. Hasil itu cukup meloloskan Die Werkself ke semifinal dengan agregat 3-1.
West Ham were breached by two late goals as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final at Bayer Leverkusen.
West Ham were breached by two late goals as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final at Bayer Leverkusen. The Hammers had defended heroically for 83 minutes before goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was finally beaten by substitute Jonas Hoffman. A one-goal deficit might have given David Moyes' side hope going into next week's second leg at the London Stadium, despite facing a side unbeaten all season. But disaster struck in stoppage time when a second substitute, Victor Boniface, headed home Hofmann's cross, to leave West Ham's hopes of a third consecutive European semi-final looking horribly slim. A yellow card for Lucas Paqueta, ruling the Brazil international out of the second leg, only adds to the task facing the east Londoners. The Hammers, without injured top scorer Jarrod Bowen and defensive midfield linchpin Edson Alvarez through suspension, were almost undone in the seventh minute when Josip Stanisic's wayward shot was flicked towards goal by Patrik Schick but the ball went straight to Fabianski. But Leverkusen were given a warning of West Ham's prowess on the counter-attack moments later when Michail Antonio outstripped Jonathan Tah on the left wing and produced the best chance of the first half. The burly frontman squared the ball to Mohammed Kudus, but the Ghana winger's first-time strike was comfortably held by Matej Kovar. However, West Ham were largely camped in their own penalty area and Fabianski palmed away Jeremie Frimpong's curler before Exequiel Palacios's drive was deflected over. Paqueta's over-enthusiastic challenge on Amine Adli earned him his booking - the Brazilian survived a red card check - and provoked a mild skirmish on the touchline. Fabianski might have
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