Leverkusen, Germany

Bayer Leverkusen attacker Julian Brandt was told to go home from training for his own good earlier this week by head coach Heiko Herrlich after turning up just hours after featuring in Germany's 1-0 friendly defeat to Brazil on Tuesday evening. The 21-year-old took to the Olympiastadion pitch in Berlin as a ...

Augsburg's oldest starting line-up of the year (average age 27.7) began falteringly, struggling to deal with the vivacity of Leon Bailey and Wendell in tandem down the Leverkusen left. Bailey was involved in Bayer's two best first-half attempts – both of which came before the 20-minute mark – but Charles ...

When a player makes his Bundesliga debut at the age of 17, it's usually a good sign. Take colossal central defender Jonathan Tah. In August 2013, he became the youngest debutant ever to pull on a Hamburg shirt. Now, at just 22, he's the bedrock of a Bayer Leverkusen side chasing UEFA Champions ...

Bailey was back in the Leverkusen starting XI and clearly keen on making a mark, as he played a part in the hosts' first seven goalscoring opportunities within the first half hour. He was involved in the opening goal too, using his pace to race down the right wing before delivering an inch-perfect cross for ...

Cologne took the derby honours and boosted their fading survival hopes with a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen which sees them move to within five points of Mainz in the relegation play-off berth, and all still to play for. Re-live all the action as it happened in our blog below.