The midfielder scored in the first half to give the Bundesliga side a narrow lead after the first leg of their Europa League round of 32 tie.
Karim Bellarabi fired Bayer Leverkusen to a 1-0 win over Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of their round of 32 Europa League tie.
In a match bereft of attacking quality, it was Roger Schmidt’s side that made the most of limited opportunities, adding to Sporting’s struggles against German opposition.
Leverkusen came close to opening the scoring inside 15 minutes when Omer Toprak got on the end of Hakan Calhanoglu’s free kick, but the center half failed to test the goalkeeper from close range.