Print 1 Goal And 1 Assist To Dortmund Goalkeeper, Moussa Diaby End 4 Matches Without A Leverkusen Win
JAKARTA - Moussa Diaby performed brilliantly by scoring one goal and providing one assist, to help Bayer Leverkusen win 2-1 over Borussia Dortmund in the German League match played at BayArena, Tuesday local time or Wednesday morning WIB.
The result ended Leverkusen's four-match winless streak and propelled them to second place in the Bundesliga standings with 32 points.
For Dortmund, the defeat left them stuck in fourth place with 29 points, according to the official German League website.
Leverkusen opened the scoring in the 14th minute, when they had a sweeping ball from Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Buerki that Leon Bailey found in midfield.
Bailey then sent the ball to Diaby who ran away from the Dortmund defense, and easily beat Buerki.
Dortmund was only able to equalize in the second half, precisely in the 67th minute.
Thomas Delaney grabbed the ball and passed it to Raphael Guerreiro, who was then fed to Julian Brandt to continue with a hard shot into the bottom corner of the home goal.
Hosts Leverkusen were then under pressure as Jadon Sancho and Brandy wasted two good chances. However, from the counter-attack they were able to steal the win in the 80th minute, when Diaby worked hard to give Florian Wirtz room to score the winner.