Roma threw away a two-goal lead

Roma threw away a two-goal lead late on to draw a thriller with Bayer Leverkusen and leave themselves bottom of Champions League Group E.

Javier Hernandez scored twice for Leverkusen but two Daniele De Rossi strikes before half-time made it 2-2.
Miralem Pjanic placed a low free-kick low to give the Italians the lead, before Iago Falque converted for 4-2.
But Kevin Kampl curled in from range and with four minutes to spare, Admir Mehmedi tapped in a dramatic leveller.

Miralem Pjanic moved Roma 3-2 ahead on 54 minutes

The German side could have won it when Hernandez fired narrowly wide at the end. They sit second in the group on four points, three adrift of leaders Barcelona, who beat BATE Borisov 2-0.
Their coach Roger Schmidt said "this was far from a normal football game", while sporting director Rudi Voller admitted his side "lost the plot" after Roma had scored their first.
Roma - who are without an away win in the Champions League since 2010 - are now bottom of the group and will realistically need to beat Leverkusen in the Italian capital on 4 November to stand a chance of reaching the last-16.

Lineup, Bookings (4) & Substitutions (6)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

• 01 Leno
• 26 Donati
• 04 Tah
• 05 Papadopoulos
• 18 Nascimento Borges Booked
• 44 Kampl
• 21 Toprak (Yurchenko - 79' )
• 23 Kramer Booked (Brandt - 66' )
• 10 Calhanoglu
• 38 Bellarabi (Mehmedi - 57' )
• 07 Hernández

Substitutes

• 02 Ramalho
• 14 Mehmedi
• 16 Jedvaj
• 17 Boenisch
• 19 Brandt
• 25 Kresic
• 35 Yurchenko

Roma

• 25 Szczesny
• 35 Torosidis
• 44 Manolas
• 02 Rüdiger
• 03 Digne
• 24 Florenzi (Iturbe - 90' )
• 16 De Rossi Booked
• 15 Pjanic
• 04 Nainggolan Booked
• 11 Salah (Falque - 62' )
• 27 Gervinho (Dzeko - 85' )

Substitutes

• 05 Leandro
• 07 Iturbe
• 09 Dzeko
• 13 Maicon
• 14 Falque
• 21 Vainqueur
• 26 De Sanctis

Ref: Viktor Kassai

Att: 29,412

Match Stats

Full Time Match ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Roma 4.

90:00 +3:05 Full time

Full Time Second Half ends, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Roma 4.

90:00 +2:30 Kevin Kampl (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90:00 +2:30 Foul by Edin Dzeko (Roma).
90:00 +0:20 Attempt missed. Javier Hernández (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Brandt following a fast break.
89:25 Booking

Booking Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

89:23 Foul by Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
89:23 Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89:03 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Roma. Juan Iturbe replaces Alessandro Florenzi.

88:56 Foul by Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
88:56 Miralem Pjanic (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87:57 Admir Mehmedi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
87:57 Foul by Radja Nainggolan (Roma).
86:58 Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86:58 Foul by Edin Dzeko (Roma).
85:41 Goal scored

Goal! Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4, Roma 4. Admir Mehmedi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Wendell.

84:51 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Roma. Edin Dzeko replaces Gervinho.

83:47 Goal scored

Goal! Goal! Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3, Roma 4. Kevin Kampl (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.

82:19 Foul by Vladlen Yurchenko (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).
82:19 Vasilis Torosidis (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half.