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03/11 14:54 CDT Arsenal salvages 1-1- draw with Leverkusen in the Champions
League, Real Madrid hosts Man City
Arsenal salvages 1-1- draw with Leverkusen in the Champions League, Real Madrid
hosts Man City
By JAMES ROBSON
AP Soccer Writer
Kai Havertz scored an 89th-minute penalty as Arsenal came back to earn a 1-1
draw with Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The Premier League leader trailed in the round-of-16 first leg tie at BayArena
after Robert Andrich's goal just after halftime.
Mikel Arteta's team looked set to go into next week's second leg a goal down
until Malik Tillman's foul on Noni Madueke. After a VAR check, the penalty was
confirmed and Germany international Havertz fired low past Janis Blaswich.
The second leg is at the Emirates Stadium in London next Tuesday.
Later Wednesday, Real Madrid and Manchester City were set to go at it again in
the Champions League - the fifth season in a row that the rivals have been
drawn against each other in European club soccer's biggest competition.
By the end of the round of 16 they will have played each other three times this
season after meeting in the league phase.
City won 2-1 on that occasion but goes into the latest encounter knowing it has
been eliminated by Madrid in each of the last two seasons.
Madrid is missing big names with Kylian Mbappe, Jude Bellingham and Rodrygo all
out for the 15-time champion.
Defending champion Paris Saint-Germain was hosting Chelsea, the Club World Cup
winner and Bodo/Glimt was at home to Sporting Lisbon.
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