Hütter reacted to his team’s poor offensive performance after an hour with a double substitution. But Leverkusen remained the more dangerous team. Schick failed again to Sommer (63rd), before he scored his 18th goal of the season, again after a set piece. Gladbach tried to put more pressure on in the closing stages, but Borussia couldn’t manage more than Elvedi’s connection from the crowd.
Leverkusen against Augsburg, Gladbach in the cup in Hanover
Leverkusen can collect the next points in the race for the Champions League qualification next Saturday (3.30 p.m.) on matchday 20 in the home game against FC Augsburg. At Mönchengladbach, the cup round of 16 game at Hannover 96 is on Wednesday, in the league the game continues against Union Berlin on Saturday.
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