Leverkusen seriousness against Bochum is because they want to avenge last season's defeat, they made good use of every opportunity to beat Bochum in the same place where they lost last season. Leverkusen are also getting closer to their unbeaten record in one season, they only have one more game left before closing a very brilliant season. Augsburg is Leverkusen's last challenger in the Bundesliga, the last match will also be played at Leverkusen's headquarters, a draw is enough for them to set a record as a team that is unbeaten in one season.
When Leverkusen have won the trophy but they are still chasing a big victory, isn't it a pretty crazy ambition of a team when a draw also can keep their record?
To be honest, before the game against Bochum I thought Alonso would play a young squad in that game to at least get a draw because they no longer need points at the moment, but it turns out that Alonso still fielded a full squad to face Bochum, not underestimating other teams of course might be a factor in Leverkusen being able to achieve maximum results this season to be able to continue to maintain their unbeaten record.
After beating Bochum, Alonso told the media that he was obsessed with making Leverkusen the first Bundesliga team to win the competition unbeaten for a season, with only 3 games left in all competitions they participated in, of course what Alonso said is likely to be realized especially if we see their opponents in these 3 matches are not a stronger team than Leverkusen, Leverkusen have won the Bundesliga trophy and are now compete in two finals in the European League and DFB, so if when they can get a treble at the end of the season with unbeaten of course it will be a fantastic record that may be difficult for any club to break in the future.