Atletico Madrid fall at Bayer Leverkusen in feisty clash

Football
7 Nov 2019 • 7:03 AM MYT
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Atletico Madrid fell 2-1 at Bayer Leverkuson in Wednesday night's Champions League clash.

Atletico could have secured qualification for the last 16 had they won away at Bayer Leverkusen, but they still have work to do as they were beaten 2-1 by the German side on Wednesday night.

An own goal from Thomas Partey at the end of the first half put the home team ahead at the BayArena, before Kevin Volland netted another at the beginning of the second half.

Although Diego Simeone unleashed the attacking trio of Angel Correa, Diego Costa and Alvaro Morata, the visitors struggled to make their mark.

Morata didn't manage to pull a goal back until four minutes into injury-time.

Late on, tempers started to flare at this point and four players were booked after a brawl broke out at another German corner, before Nadiem Amiri was shown a straight red for a lunge at Santiago Arias.