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Xabi is a coach who can learn a lot from a defeat, but it wouldn't be right to expect the same performance as last year. They are the only team in Bundesliga history to become champions without defeat. This shows that there will definitely be defeats in the league, last year's extraordinary performance was an exception. They are one of the championship candidates in Bundesliga again. There will be a tighter competition with Bayern this year.
I said earlier that Leverkusen would have a hard time maintaining their unbeaten record from last season because maintaining it is harder than achieving it. Now it's proven, Leverkusen suffered their first defeat of the season. The mistakes made at their home base must be corrected immediately, initially they were already leading 2-0 but in the end they closed the match with a 2-3 defeat. Conceding three goals in one game is a disaster for Leverkusen who are trying to defend the Bundesliga trophy, Xabi Alonso needs to improve his quality in the defensive position so that the same mistake does not happen again in the next match.