Overview
- The hosts lost after leading, handing Ten Hag a defeat in his first Bundesliga match in charge.
- Jarell Quansah headed in an Alex Grimaldo free kick on six minutes before Fisnik Asllani equalized after a Quansah error and Tim Lemperle struck the 52nd-minute winner.
- Ten Hag succeeded Xabi Alonso and started new arrivals Mark Flekken, Ibrahim Maza and Quansah, but Leverkusen created little in response after falling behind.
- Defending champion Bayern Munich opened with a 6-0 rout of RB Leipzig, highlighted by a second-half hat trick from Harry Kane.
- Eintracht Frankfurt beat Werder Bremen 4-1 with Jean-Matteo Bahoya scoring twice, and Union Berlin edged Stuttgart 2-1 on Ilyas Ansah’s debut double with a late Stuttgart equalizer ruled offside.