I'm really surprised with Leverkusen club this season. The team that will compete with Bayern Munich should be Dortmund. But Dortmund shows weakness when they let Stuttgart rise above the Bundesliga rankings.
We must mention coach Xabi Alonso for the success of Leverkusen. Xabi Alonso has joined the list of top European coaches after helping Bayer Leverkusen top the rankings. With those clear marks, Alonso is in the sights of many big teams, including Real Madrid. In addition to being number one in the Bundesliga, Leverkusen is leading Group H of the Europa League with 4 wins after 4 matches, while in the German Cup, they have passed the first 2 rounds. Xabi Alonso and his team will end Bayern Munich's 11-year Bundesliga championship streak, making the tournament more competitive.
I watched a couple of them game last season immediately he was appointed as head coach but they couldn't grab a trophy. So far they've impressed when I think they won't, at most the Europa League Competition.
They've not just had good performance there but also during the domestic league games.
He's top young coach, touring round the best clubs in Europe, now it's time to share his wisdom and knowledge of the game to other younger players in the game. For them to be this consistent, then they have done well, they've just had a single draw.
More challenging test would come up next month that would determine if they could go half of the season at the top completely. Winning the Europa League is something I doubt, there are some big clubs dropping out from the Champions League that would cause them lots of problems.