England-born Ghanaian defender Jarrel Quansah was on the scoresheet, but it wasn't enough to prevent Bayer Leverkusen from a 2-1 defeat to Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga opener Quansah, who joined the Bundesliga outfit in the current transfer window started and played full throttle of the match as Leverkusen succumbed to defeat on home turf.
The former Bundesliga champions threw away their one-goal lead as the club fell short to Hoffenheim in a high-stake clash held at the BayArena on Saturday.
The 22-year-old, who started in defense in a three-back system headed home the opening goal after just six minutes into the match.
In the 25th-minute mark, the visitors pulled parity through Fisnik Asllani as they both teams went to the halftime break with a scoring draw.
