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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Will Unwin

Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 West Ham: Europa League quarter-final, first leg – as it happened

Jonas Hofmann strikes late on the give Leverkusen the lead against West Ham.
Jonas Hofmann strikes late on the give Leverkusen the lead against West Ham. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

Thank you for joining me.

Jacob Steinberg was in Germany for us. Here is his report.

Lukasz Fabianski: “Very disappointed because we worked for 80 odd minutes but then we conceded from two set-pieces. You have to give credit to the opposition because they pushed for so long and created the chances. If we had kept it at 1-0 it would have given us more chances.

“We worked really hard on defending to try and keep a cleansheet. In the end the amount of chances they created, it resulted in the goals. I think the second set-piece was a bit too easy for Leverkusen to score, the striker had too much space. That is disappointing.

“We have a really good record playing at home. We lost against Freiburg away in the last round and we responded in a strong way.”

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