Bayer Leverkusen made it 37 games unbeaten this season as the Bundesliga leaders qualified for the Europa League quarter-finals in dramatic fashion after coming from 2-0 down in the second leg of the double with Qarabag to win 3-2 (5-4) . in general).

Bayer (Leverkusen) in the quarter-finals of the Europa League – lost to “Karabakh” with a score of 2:0

At the BayArena, the scenario repeated itself in Baku, with Qarabag leading 2-0 and coming close to stopping Xabi Alonso’s incredible run (Leverkusen eventually equalised, 2-2).

The visitors opened the scoring with Zubir (’58) and, after Jafarkliyev (’62) was sent off, Juninho (’67) scored again.

Bayer once again showed incredible fighting spirit, reducing the deficit thanks to Frimpong (’72), and then Schick scored twice in extra time (’90+3 and ’90+7).

Europa League, 1/8 finals

Glasgow Rangers – Benfica Lisbon 0-1 (2-3 on aggregate)

Slavia Prague – Milan 1-3 (3-7)

Villarreal – Olympique Marseille 3-1 (3-5)

West Ham – Freiburg 5-0 (5-1)

Atalanta – Sporting Lisbon 2-1 (3-2)

Brighton – Roma 1-0 (1-4)

Bayer Leverkusen – Karabakh 3-2 (5-4)

Liverpool – Sparta Prague 6-1 (11-2).

• Teams that qualified for the quarter-finals of the Europa League: Liverpool, Brighton, West Ham (England), Milan, Atalanta (Italy), Olympique Marseille (France), Benfica Lisbon (Portugal), Bayer (Germany).