🙄 Very dubious penalty for Arsenal, and Havertz snatches a late equaliser🤯 | OneFootball

Not a very beautiful match at the Bayer Arena.

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Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal end in a 1-1 draw, after a game that offers very few thrills in the first half.

Everything happens in the second half: Andrich breaks the deadlock, while the Gunners equalize with Havertz, who converts a highly debated penalty. 

💥 Andrich makes it 1-0 from a corner! Arsenal's first deficit in CL

The first half is blocked and the match highlights are Andrich's rashness, risking a second yellow card after a few minutes, and a crossbar hit by Martinelli. Arsenal maintains possession but only hits the target once with Hincapié.

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At the start of the second half, Bayer Leverkusen starts strong: Raya has to save a header from Terrier and then comes the 1-0 from a corner, which is actually Arsenal's specialty. Andrich (adapted as a central defender) breaks away from the marking and scores with a header at the far post in the 46th minute.

This is the first time Arsenal falls behind in this edition of the Champions League.

Tillman on Madueke: doubts on the penalty, Havertz (as a former player) scores!

In the final minutes, when it seemed Arsenal no longer had the means to get back into the game, Madueke makes a breakthrough: the Englishman slips into the area and goes down.

The referee immediately points to the spot amidst protests from Andrich and his teammates. From the first images, the contact does not appear evident, and many think the penalty might be revoked, but the decision is confirmed. Only from a subsequent replay does a possible touch with the arm or body in Tillman's fall on the Englishman's right leg emerge: an explanation that does not entirely dispel the doubts.

Havertz, a great former player of the match, steps up to the spot and scores without celebrating. The match ends this way.

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