UCL: Bayer Leverkusen and Roma share eight goals in Germany

Sport360 staff 08:11 21/10/2015
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  • Double act: Javier Hernandez scores past Wojciech Szczesny.

    Bayer Leverkusen snatched a dramatic late point in a 4-4 draw against Roma.

    Javier Hernandez’s brace had put Leverkusen ahead after just 20 minutes, but Roma drew level before half-time as Daniele De Rossi struck twice, before the Italians scored twice more through Miralem Pjanic and Iago Falque to seemingly secure victory.

    However, two Leverkusen goals in the last 10 minutes from Kevin Kampl and Admir Mehmedi capped off an exhilarating game and secured the Germans a dramatic share of the spoils.

    Elsewhere, a Stefan Mitrovic own goal 18 minutes from time handed Valencia a vital 2-1 win over Gent. A strong start from Valencia was rewarded when a combination of Sofiane Feghouli and Gent defender Lasse Nielsen opened the scoring for the hosts from close range, but Gent went in level at the break thanks to a stunning strike from Thomas Foket.

    However, a better second-half display from the Belgian champions was undone when Mitrovic turned Jose Luis Gaya’s effort into his own net.

    In Russia, Zenit St Petersburg edged closer towards a place in the last 16 after a 3-1 home victory over Lyon in Group H.

    Artem Dzyuba put Zenit ahead after just three minutes at the Stadion Petrovskiy.

    Lyon pulled level shortly after half-time through Alexandre Lacazette but Hulk drilled home a trademark long-range strike to restore the lead for Zenit and Danny then ended any hopes of a Lyon comeback on 83 minutes.

    Vincent Aboubakar netted his seventh goal of the season as Porto beat Maccabi Tel-Aviv 2-0 with Yacine Brahimi also on the scoresheet for the Group G leaders.

    In Zagreb, Ideye Brown scored the only goal of the game as Olympiakos beat Dinamo 1-0.

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