Gladbach late show salvages draw at Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen could not hold out for a second consecutive win under Kasper Hjulmand, with Borussia Monchengladbach striking late on.
Haris Tabakovic snatched Borussia Monchengladbach a late 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen, denying Kasper Hjulmand a second consecutive Bundesliga win.
The Dane remains unbeaten in his first three games in all competitions since replacing Erik ten Hag, but his side could not hold onto the three points after Malick Tillman's strike.
Patrik Schick had an early chance to break the deadlock, meeting a right-sided free-kick with a thumping header, but Moritz Nicolas got behind it to kick it away.
Gladbach grew into the match, and Jens Castrope peeled off the back of Leverkusen's defence to rifle a powerful shot into the roof of the net, only for it to be chalked off for offside 23 minutes in.
Joe Scally then raced in between two defenders to get in on goal shortly before the break, but Mark Flekken got down sharply to tip it wide of his far post.
Gladbach continued to push after the break, with Kevin Stoger curling wide of the target after cutting back inside, but Leverkusen found the breakthrough in the 70th minute, with Tillman profiting from Schick's stumbling shot to bend his effort into the net with the help of a deflection.
Ibrahim Maza tried to double the lead with a tight-angled shot, but Nicolas stopped it from sneaking in at the near post.
That save proved vital as Tabakovic rose highest to meet Charles Herrmann's corner, thumping his header past Flekken, who got nowhere near the effort.
