Overview

• Patrik Schick scored twice, including a Panenka penalty after Niklas Stark received a second yellow card.
• New signing Malik Tillman netted on his debut to put Leverkusen 2-0 up in the first half.
• Bremen responded through Romano Schmid before the break and 18-year-old Karim Coulibaly volleyed the 95th-minute equaliser.
• A misjudged charge by goalkeeper Mark Flekken allowed Isaac Schmidt to pull one back into an empty net.
• The draw denied Ten Hag his first Bundesliga win and kept Leverkusen unbeaten away in the league since May 2023.