Leverkusen drops at home in the first Bundesliga match of Ten Hag

Bayer Leverkusen suffered a 2-1 home loss for Hoffenheim on Saturday in his Bundesliga seasers opener on Saturday to give new coach Erik ten Hag a losing competition debut.

Although it went up 1-0, it was not the performance of Dutchman ten Hag, who replaced Xabi Alonso after the departure of star player Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Jonathan Tah and Granit Xhaka.

The German domestic double winner of 2024 and the second place of last season was missing in the front whether their backline was missing the dominant presence of Tah.

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Hoffenheim hit the post through Tim Lemperle after two minutes, but Leverkusen first scored when Jarell Qansah came in a sixth minute lead.

Fisnik Asllani, however, took a 25th -minute equalizer after beating keeper Mark Flekken and it got worse for the host seven minutes after the restart when Lemperle drilled in a low shot from 22 meters.

Leverkusen did not get a large part of the second half until Nathan Tella shot in the side.

Published on August 23, 2025