Manchester City 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- Grimaldo 23'
- Schick 54'
25 November 2025
The match in data
Bayer 04 Leverkusen got the better of Manchester City, 2–0, on 25 November 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 5).
Player of the match: Mark Flekken (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), rated 72, thanks above all to 2.12 goals prevented (9 shots on target worth 2.16; conceded 0) and 11 recoveries. Flekken produced 4.5 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Manchester City, the highest-rated player was John Stones, with 69.
Mark Flekken
Bayer 04 Leverkusen · 90'
Produced 4.55× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 2.12 goals prevented (9 shots on target worth 2.16; conceded 0) 6.3×
- 11 recoveries 1.4×
- 1 cross claimed 0.9×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Stones | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Rico Lewis | Defender | 46 | 68 |
| Oscar Bobb | Forward | 46 | 65 |
| Erling Haaland | Forward | 25 | 59 |
| Nathan Aké | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Nico González | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Abdukodir Khusanov | Defender | 65 | 55 |
| Rayan Cherki | Midfielder | 25 | 54 |
| Tijjani Reijnders | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Jérémy Doku | Forward | 44 | 41 |
| Omar Marmoush | Forward | 65 | 39 |
| Savinho | Forward | 90 | 37 |
| Rayan Aït-Nouri | Defender | 46 | 37 |
| Phil Foden | Midfielder | 44 | 37 |
| James Trafford | Goalkeeper | 90 | 33 |
| Nico O'Reilly | Defender | 44 | 29 |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Flekken ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 72 |
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 90 | 67 |
| Ernest Poku | Forward | 90 | 51 |
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Ibrahim Maza | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Loïc Badé | Defender | 90 | 44 |
| Christian Kofane | Forward | 83 | 43 |
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Jeanuël Belocian | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Alejandro Grimaldo | Defender | 90 | 37 |
| Malik Tillman | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Nathan Tella | Forward | 7 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Champions League match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Manchester City 0–2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The side that created more danger did not win.
Manchester City created 2.06 xG across 19 shots without scoring. Bayer 04 Leverkusen needed only 7 shots, 2 on target, and 0.69 xG to secure a 0–2 victory.
Which Bayer 04 Leverkusen player made the most interceptions?
Jeanuël Belocian, with 4 interceptions. Next: Alejandro Grimaldo 2, Loïc Badé 1.
Jeanuël Belocian spearheaded Bayer 04 Leverkusen's defensive effort with 4 interceptions in their 0–2 win at Manchester City. Belocian intercepted more balls than Alejandro Grimaldo (2) and Loïc Badé (1).
Which Manchester City player made the most interceptions?
Abdukodir Khusanov, with 5 interceptions. Next: Nathan Aké 1, Oscar Bobb 1.
Despite Manchester City's 0–2 loss to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Abdukodir Khusanov excelled defensively with 5 interceptions. No teammate came close, as Nathan Aké and Oscar Bobb registered just one each.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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