Leverkusen pull on back against Newcastle

Bayer Leverkusen have pulled a goal back against Newcastle United at the BayArena in the Champions League group A tonight.

Franca scored after 25 minutes for the German side.

Bayer Leverkusen 1 Newcastle 2

Bayer Leverkusen: Butt, Preuss, Cris, Simak, Basturk, Franca, Balitsch, Ojigwe, Brdaric, Neuville, Kleine. Subs: Starke, Zivkovic, Vranjes, Babic, Kaluzny, Schneider, Callsen-Bracker.

Newcastle: Given, O’Brien, Jenas, Dyer, Speed, Hughes, Bramble, LuaLua, Ameobi, Robert, Bernard. Subs: Harper, Acuna, Griffin, Cort, Kerr, Chopra, Caldwell.