Leverkusen's season unravels in familiar fashion


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014

Bayer Leverkusen's (L-R) Stefan Reinartz, Lars Bender, Julian Brandt and Gonzalo Castro react after their Champions League soccer match against Paris St Germain in Leverkusen February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

(Reuters) - Famous for fading down the final stretch, Bayer Leverkusen have seen their season unravel in the last week in a way which will be all too familiar to their long-suffering fans.

Three home defeats in the space of eight painful days, culminating in Tuesday's embarrassing 4-0 collapse against Paris St Germain in the Champions League, have put a completely different complexion on a previously promising season.

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