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Quote from: Josefjix on Today at 03:42:45 PM

Players that are high profiled players will always enchanced their capacity and having absolutely everything to absorbed pressure. Maybe it's high time Xabi Alonso push for his exits from Bayer Leverkusen? Checking his stats in the managerial role I think he's tried and given his very best to the club, they're currently included in the category of one of the best clubs in Germany. Bayer Leverkusen have to make improvements in their team because watching previous performances and game stats against RB Leipzig, definitely not encouraging on their ends.

It is difficult to maintain consistency like last season and now I see Leverkusen losing their best ability in the form of the game collectively. This is what is feared when they managed to dominate the Bundesliga in the previous season will affect the team to continue to be consistent and maybe some players who leave become a problem so that Leverkusen does not play like the previous season. Xabi Alonso must evaluate the weaknesses of the team and they also have to improve their defense to be better because if they are allowed to play like before it will make them lose the opportunity to defend the Bundesliga title.

It would be unfair to judge Leverkusen defeat as the beginning of a decline, especially after they maintained an unbeaten streak spanning more than a season worth of matches. Xabi Alonso still has the same squad that locked up the Bundesliga trophy in May, the defeat will actually be a bit of a relief for the players, although the manager looked quite annoyed when Leipzig managed to turn things around and beat his team. It is not easy to continue to perform consistently, let alone repeating last season history, winning trophies is much more important than just those statistics.
Bayern Munich, in a decade, won the Bundesliga trophy in a row with a varying record of defeats in each season, 2 to 5 defeats in each season. Simply put, Leverkusen can also win the trophy again this season, even if they suffer a few defeats, not necessarily by being unbeaten.

The defeat that was greeted with the international break will be an opportunity for Xabi Alonso to evaluate the weaknesses of his squad, which at first glance seemed to lie in their defense which was easy to concede. In addition, the strategy used last season must be updated, because it has been read by the opponent. Leverkusen still look collective, but their intensity and ambition in the game have indeed decreased a little. With the same manager and players, Leverkusen can create a positive trend again in the next match against Hoffenheim.