They screaed to stand against Leverkusen because they saw the perfect performance from this team and the performance of Leverkusen during the last season was well enough which made this team unbeaten during the games they had in the Bundesliga. However they recently lost a game because of a comeback but still, Leverkusen is scary for any team in the Bundesliga.
I think Leverkusen fans also expect to see much better performance from them because they still want to see their team win the title at the end of the season.
Been scared of Leverkusen isn't what I see, rather I see the lack of confidence in that they feel already they aren't a good matchup because of the records Leverkusen has got but loosing to Leipzig might literally reduce the threat they be posing in the bundesliga all this while because firstly it's now clear they can maintain an unbeaten record again this season so they are not actually undefeatable if only their opponents are mindful to challenge them well enough. Somehow I'm beginning to see signs that Leverkusen may not be the only strong contender for the title race, they are definitely going to have serious contenders in this season and they may likely loose the title so their fans should just keep their expectations realistic enough and they will be good.
We have to accept the reality that Leverkusen are not winning the Bundeslisga for two consecutive seasons, they might turn up to be among strong contender for the title but they are not yet showing that trait of being able to lift the trophy. Previous season was really a good one for them, even on their imperfection they still turn out with the late minute winner and considering they can't have same luck on this new season. I probably would stick by Bayern Munich as the winner of this season Bundeslisga title, they came back strong and more reliant to defeat as much teams just to secure the space back to holding their eleven years consecutive Bundeslisga title.
Accept the reality? What reality Mr. Crystal Ball? Lol, 2 games played and now I am wondering whether you are trolling people or whether you know more than anybody else? The season is literally a little more than 1 week going on and you say that "we have to accept the
reality". I love when I see experts like you posting nonsense like that. It's immediately the moment where one can tell that you are a deep-minded, thorough thinker who knows what he is saying. Keep it up!