Four African stars were in action at the BayArena on Saturday but Anglo-Nigerian Lookman did not make Leipzig’s matchday squad
Malian descent player Moussa Diaby, Burkina Faso’s Edmond Tapsoba, DR Congo descent player Christopher Nkunku and Mali’s Amadou Haidara were on parade as Bayer Leverkusen held RB Leipzig to a 1-1 draw in Saturday’s Bundesliga encounter.
Emil Forsberg broke the deadlock for Leipzig in the 14th minute but his opener was cancelled out six minutes later by Kerem Demirbay.
Tapsoba and Diaby played the duration for Bayer Leverkusen while Haidara featured from start to finish for the visitors and Nkunku came off the bench for goalscorer Forsberg in the 66th minute.
Haidara produced a solid display on Saturday, completing the most tackles (6), the most dribbles (3) and the second-highest interceptions (2) in Julian Nagelsmann’s team.
Diaby, however, registered the most shots (4) for Bayer Leverkusen but was unfortunate to not open his goal account for the 2020-21 season despite having two shots on target.
The result was Leverkusen’s second straight draw in the Bundesliga this season after playing a goalless draw against Wolfsburg last Saturday.
RB Leipzig, on the other hand, picked up a point on the road at the BayArena to stretch their tally to four points after two league outings.
Nigerian descent player Ademola Lookman did not make the matchday squad as he faces an uncertain future at RB Leipzig.
Lookman is reportedly linked with a return to England with Fulham targeting a loan move for the former Everton forward who started just one Bundesliga match last season.
Next up for Leipzig is a league fixture against Schalke 04 at home on October 3 while Bayer Leverkusen travel to Stuttgart for their next Bundesliga match on the same day.
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