Overview
- Substitute Martin Terrier broke the deadlock in the 66th minute with a mid-air backheeled scorpion kick from Arthur’s cross, a strike widely touted as a goal-of-the-season contender.
- Robert Andrich doubled the lead six minutes later, heading in from an Aleix Garcia corner to secure the 2-0 derby result at the BayArena.
- Leverkusen climbed back to fourth place on 26 points after earlier results briefly dropped them to sixth, ending a run of two league defeats.
- Malik Tillman fired over when clean through early in the second half, and Marvin Schwäbe tipped away a close-range effort from Ibrahim Maza before the opener.
- Reports noted boycotts by ultras and complaints about intense police checks affecting the atmosphere, while sporting director Simon Rolfes praised Terrier’s strike as the game’s turning point and pointed to RB Leipzig next.