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- Leverkusen blows two-goal lead against 10-man Bremen
Leverkusen blows two-goal lead against 10-man Bremen
Bayer Leverkusen's search for a Bundesliga win went on after Werder Bremen secured a 3-3 draw in stoppage-time, despite being a man down and two goals down.
Eighteen-year-old Karim Coulibaly's first Bundesliga goal, along with strikes from Romano Schmid and Isaac Schmidt, helped cancel out a brace from Patrick Schick and a debut goal from Malik Tillman.
Schick opened the scoring after just five minutes, converting from Nathan Tella's pass from 12 yards out, before Tillman doubled Leverkusen's lead in the 35th minute with an awkward finish past Mio Backhaus.
Bremen cut Leverkusen's lead in half when Schmid scored from the penalty spot after Axel Tape fouled Samuel Mbangula in the box a minute before half-time.
However, Erik ten Hag's side looked destined to secure its first Bundesliga win of the season when Niklas Stark received a second yellow card for bringing down Christian Konafe in the penalty area, with Schick scoring the resulting spot-kick.
But Bremen, buoyed by its home fans, made a stunning comeback which started when Schmidt rounded an on-rushing Mark Flekken before scoring into an empty net in the 76th minute.
Coulibaly then secured the draw after beating Flekken at the near post with a volley after Senne Lynen hit the crossbar seconds earlier for the hosts.
At 18 years and 99 days, Coulibaly is Bremen's youngest goalscorer in the Bundesliga, while the Green and Whites came back from a two-goal deficit in the top flight for the first time while being one man down.