"Despite a dominant display, which saw Kasper Hjulmand's side produce 1.84 expected goals (xG) to PSV's 0.48, the hosts were wasteful in front of goal as the Danish coach awaits his first win in the competition with the Bundesliga club. PSV thought they took the lead after six minutes when Ivan Perisic headed past Mark Flekken, but the Croatian winger strayed offside from Dennis Man's cross, while Alejandro Grimaldo slammed the post with a thunderous shot from inside the box."
"Yarek Gasiorowski almost headed the ball into his net just before the break, but Christian Kofane did find the net for Leverkusen in the 65th minute after a comedy of errors from the PSV defenders led to a simple finish. But Ismael Saibari equalised for the visitors against the run of play soon after Kofane's opener, with Guus Til finding the Moroccan with a clever pass inside the box."
Bayer Leverkusen were held to a 1-1 draw by PSV in their Champions League start despite creating significantly more expected goals (1.84 to 0.48). PSV had an early offside goal from Ivan Perisic and Alejandro Grimaldo struck the post. Christian Kofane opened the scoring in the 65th minute after defensive errors from PSV. Ismael Saibari equalised soon after via a Guus Til pass. Grimaldo missed a stoppage-time chance to win. PSV remain winless away to German sides in European competition in 18 games, and Kofane became Leverkusen’s youngest and first Cameroonian Champions League scorer.
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