Pressure and precision are missing
Leverkusen then failed to put further pressure on Bochum. And VfL shifted the action more in the direction of the Leverkusen penalty area: 15 minutes before the end, Löwen shot too imprecisely from a tight angle, and Sebastian Polter and Takuma Asano also lacked the final pressure and the necessary precision in the end.
There was still not enough attacking from the guests for a Champions League candidate, but there were also worries about injuries: In the first half, Jonathan Tah had to leave the pitch, he was followed fifteen minutes before the end by Karim Bellarabi, who had been substituted on only ten minutes earlier .
Zoller celebrated his comeback
At VfL, on the other hand, there was great jubilation about a returnee ten minutes before the end: Simon Zoller celebrated an emotional comeback after a long break due to a cruciate ligament rupture.
The Bochum team will continue next Saturday (April 16, 2022) at SC Freiburg. The next day, Leverkusen have the top game against RB Leipzig in front of their chests.