By Matthew Jones
February 27 2003
Alan Shearer got a hattrick inside 36 minutes to give Newcastle an early lead. Shearer got his first ever Champions League goal from open play (a header) before scoring another header and a penalty. Shay Given gave away a penalty for Leverkeusen with the score 2-0, but they missed haha! KEY INCIDENTS
Bayer Leverkusen: Butt, Preuss, Kleine, Cris (Zivkovic 29), Placente, Kaluzny, Ramelow (Babic 46), Simak, Basturk, Neuville (Brdaric 61), Franca.
Subs not used: Starke, Ojigwe, Callsen-Bracker, Dogan.
Bookings: Brdaric
Attendance: 40,508
Referee: Claus Bo-Larsen (Denmark).
