Overview
- Leverkusen’s night unraveled after captain Robert Andrich was sent off in the 31st minute, minutes after Alejandro Grimaldo missed a penalty at 0-1.
- In down a man, Bayer briefly rallied by earning two penalties and equalizing through Aleix Garcia, only to concede three goals before halftime to trail 1-4.
- Paris Saint‑Germain, the defending champions, were clinical throughout and ran up seven goals to take a third straight group win.
- Ousmane Dembélé marked his return from injury by scoring shortly after coming on for PSG.
- The setback deepens doubts over Leverkusen’s knockout prospects and highlights the growing pains of a sweeping summer rebuild after selling key double‑winning starters and losing coach Xabi Alonso.