Match highlights
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Bayer Leverkusen vs Hertha BSC highlights
How the goals came
35' Lucas Alario opens the scoring for Bayer Leverkusen → 40' Karim Bellarabi extends Bayer Leverkusen's lead (the winner) → 42' Vladimír Darida pulls one back for Hertha BSC. Full time: 2-1, Bayer Leverkusen win.
The match, goal by goal
0 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
35' Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen) 1-0
Bayer Leverkusen broke the deadlock at the BayArena in the 35th minute of this Bundesliga Matchday 28 meeting with Hertha BSC. Lucas Alario's goal put the hosts 1-0 up after a scoreless opening half hour. It set off a seven-minute spell late in the first half that produced three goals.
40' Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen) 2-0
Only five minutes after the opener, Karim Bellarabi doubled Bayer Leverkusen's lead in the 40th minute to make it 2-0. Hertha BSC pulled one back shortly afterward, but the hosts never gave up their advantage. Bellarabi's goal proved to be the winner in a 2-1 victory.
42' Vladimír Darida (Hertha BSC) 2-1
Two goals down, the visitors responded just two minutes after conceding the second. Vladimír Darida scored in the 42nd minute to make it 2-1 and send Hertha BSC into the break within one goal. It turned out to be the last goal of the match, as no equalizer came in the second half.
