Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 Inter: Mukiele fires Bundesliga champions to last-gasp victory

Nordi Mukiele scored a 90th-minute winner to hand Bayer Leverkusen a huge 1-0 victory over Inter, drawing them closer to Champions League qualification.

The Nerazzurri had not conceded a single goal in their five Champions League outings this campaign, but they dropped to fourth in the table following a narrow defeat in Germany.

Leverkusen, who enjoyed more than 60% of the possession as they went in search of a sixth straight win in all competitions, were the better side for most of the game.

They hit the post early on through Nathan Tella before going close again through Florian Wirtz and Jonathan Tah, the former drawing a full-stretch save from Yann Sommer.

They were made to wait for their breakthrough, but it finally came in the final minute as a goalmouth scramble resulted in Mukiele slotting home.

Xabi Alonso’s side leapfrogged their opponents to go second in the 36-team standings, five points adrift of first-placed Liverpool and ahead of Aston Villa, Inter and Brest on goal difference.

NOOOOORRRRRRRRRDIIIIIII!!! JE T’AIME!!! pic.twitter.com/KnTJM1iLiy

— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) December 10, 2024

Data Debrief: Inter backline finally breached

Inter became the final team to ship a goal in the Champions League this season, conceding from their 97th shot faced in the competition in 2024-25.

At the other end, the Nerazzurri failed to record a single shot on target in a Champions League match for the first time since February 2022, in a last-16 defeat to Liverpool.

It is the first time on record (since 2003-04), meanwhile, that they have failed to hit the target in a group-stage match in the competition.

Leverkusen, meanwhile, have won three consecutive Champions League home games for the first time since 2011-12, doing so without conceding for the first time in their European history.