Leverkusen refused to lose for the first time this season after successfully holding host Dortmund to a draw in last night's match and however I am still very impressed with the winning mentality that Xabi Alonso's men have. Even though all the time Leverkusen had difficulty scoring goals and even had to concede a goal first after Fullkrug scored in the 81st minute and put Dortmund one step closer to winning the match.
However, what happened got even worse, where Boniface received a red card and with only a few minutes remaining Leverkusen had to be forced to play with 10 men. From then on, I thought it was over for Leverkusen to maintain their unbeaten record and everything had to stop against Dortmund. But what we see is still about the magic and feeling of never giving up from Leverkusen and a goal from Stanistic in the minute of injury time saved Leverksen from defeat. Highest appreciation for the Leverkusen players who never take the results for granted.
Yes, I have seen many times how a club that won the title ahead of schedule lost motivation and their results worsened, but this is definitely not the case with Bayer. Previously, I was skeptical about the idea that Bayer could go through the entire season in the Bundesliga without a single defeat, but now, given the fact that there are only 4 games left and the most difficult one is the home game with Stuttgart, I began to believe in it.
Yes and I think the most difficult one they had left before the game against Dortmund, was the Dortmund game. They just turned Bundesliga champions, played away from home and Dortmund so urgently needed the points. I thought that will be the game where Leverkusen's winning streak (or not losing streak) comes to an end. Yet again, they score that goal. So fun to follow them this season. Always some nice action to watch no matter what minute of the game it is and no matter what situation they are in. So far I think it looks as if the team stays together for the most part. I am curious to see next season whether they are able to do something similar to what they have achieved this season. It seems impossible, but if someone said that the table would look like this after 30 games, I would have said that it isn't possible ever.