Despite Leverkusen's victory, I am still speechless about the beautiful goal scored by Xhaka in the opening minutes. The ball was so hard but also curved sharply that it went over the back of the Mainz goalkeeper and I think it was a very clever goal. However, after scoring the goal, I was shocked to see Xhaka feeling pain in his leg and celebrating with his teammates and even making everyone panic on the bench, in fact it was just a gimmick and I immediately laughed watching the celebration.
The first goal from Xhaka is fantastic and can be a best goal in Xhaka's career. It opened the match for Leverkusen but later they let Mainz equalized the match and even faced with a second conceded goal by a mistake from their defenders.Leverkusen luckily got a second goal by a bad save from Mainz's goalkeeper and got three points. Generally in this match Leverkusen did not create enough pressure on Mainz and did not have many opportunities to find goals.
After all challenges from Mainz, Leverkusen ended the match very well with a maximum 3 points and made a new record for German football with 33 unbeatable matches.
I've heard about the new record that Leverkusen has just broken with this win against Mainz and I think everyone knows they are very difficult to stop. Still unbeaten in 33 matches in all competitions, Leverkusen is the only team that can get that label this season and I think it's all thanks to the cool hands of coach Xabi Alonso. Above is a list of all the teams that Leverkusen managed to beat or managed to steal points from and none of the teams above were able to beat Leverkusen.
To be honest, I still hope that Xabi Alonso can stay another season at Leverkusen while the players are at their best and the rumors that have been circulating for a while are making it increasingly difficult for Xabi Alonso to stay at Leverkusen. It would be a shame if in the end Xabi Alonso will leave Leverkusen at the end of the season considering that so many offers have been linked to his name. At least if that happens then Xabi Alonso will have to provide a worthy memory for his current squad. I know every coach wants a better career in a big team and it is time if he has to leave then he will do it.