Defender Frimpong drops out at losing Leverkusen
Bayer 04 Leverkusen failed to win the home game against number 7 1. FC Köln. As a result, Leverkusen seems to have lost the connection with Borussia Dortmund, which is second with 5 points more. Kingsley Schindler scored the only goal (0-1). Jeremie Frimpong was injured in the thirteenth minute for the home team.
The Amsterdam-born Frimpong had just been included in the preliminary selection of the Dutch national team for the first time, for the exhibition games against Denmark and Germany later this month. It is not yet clear how bad the injury is. The 21-year-old defender collided with a Köln player in the eighth minute, after which the Dutchman was unable to continue. Countryman Timothy Fosu-Mensah was his replacement. Mitchel Bakker and Daley Sinkgraven stayed on the bench at Leverkusen.
Substitute Schindler scored the goal on a pass from Dejan Ljubicic halfway through the second half, two minutes after entering the field. It had only just come in at the time.