But I still count on Leverkusen and I think they will be at the top of the table competing for the title until the very last game day. Talking about Leverkusen not being as good as last season, I wonder what the reference points are. People seem to be forgetting that instead of the Europa League, Bayer Leverkusen is now playing in the Champions League with 7/9 points in 3 games and they have beaten AC Milan. To me this doesn't look much worse than last season 
The difference may only be in the focus of the coach, namely Xabi Alonso. Where last season the coach's focus was on winning the Bundesliga title and winning the European League title. Meanwhile, for this season, I think Leverkusen's focus is more on the Champions League. If we look at Leverkusen's current performance in the Bundesliga, we can see there has been a slight decline there. But if we look at Leverkusen who played quite well in the Champions League then we can't say this team is worse this season. But I prefer to rate Leverkusen in the UCL when this team faces a really strong team. Like in the 4th match against Liverpool. because in the first to third matches we haven't seen Leverkusen really face a team that is in its best condition. AC Milan is indeed a strong team from Serie A. But we can see that their current condition in Serie A doesn't seem to be in really good condition. They are still not consistent so far with their new coach.