LEVERKUSEN, Germany: Arsenal’s eight-game winning run in the Champions League came to an end as they needed an 89th-minute penalty from substitute Kai Havertz to rescue a 1-1 draw at Bayer Leverkusen in their last-16 first leg on Wednesday. Former Leverkusen player Havertz converted the late spot kick to cancel out Robert Andrich’s 46th-minute header for the hosts, marking the first time this season that quadruple-chasing Arsenal had fallen behind in Europe’s elite competition.

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Der frühere Leverkusener Kai Havertz wird bei seiner Einwechslung mit Applaus in der BayArena empfangen und verwandelt dann einen Strafstoß für Arsenal. Bayer verkauft sich teuer.