Qarabağ made a surprise by eliminating Braga in the previous round. Can Qarabağ make another surprise? Bayer Leverkusen earned a 2-2 draw in the Round of 16 first leg away to Qarabag. Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen are on course for a first Bundesliga title, 10 points clear of Bayern Munich at the top of the table.
Qarabag 2 - 2 Bayer Leverkusen. It was good to see Qarabag leading with 2 goals against big Leverkusen up to two third of the game but they failed to maintain that score and Leverkusen were able to get the draw. I think Bayer are superior and they will score more in their home in the second leg.
Otherwise, Liverpool, Roma and Marseille ended their games with 4 goals difference making them almost qualifying to the next round. AC Milan are favourite too with their two goals difference advantage in front of Slavia Praha.
Before I talk about Bayer Leverkusen come back in their game against Qarabag, I'll want to first talk about the home team's performance in the game and how they were very close to beat Bayer Leverkusen in that game. For a team that's been very strong and consistent since the start of the season like Bayer Leverkusen, I was expecting them to win their game against Qarabag even when they were playing away but the home surprised me when they first scored the first two goals of the game and even had to protect their one goal lead until the stoppage time goal the game.
However, Bayer Leverkusen were still able to end the game with a draw and extend their unbeaten run in all competitions to 35 games without a defeat.
In the other games of the Europa League tonight, Liverpool as well as Roma and Marseille all won with four goals margins against their opponents to take full control of their round of 16 ties and I don't think there's anything that's gonna stop any of them from reaching the final quarter final of the competition this season