“There was plenty of interest over the summer in how much momentum Xabi Alonso‘s Bayer Leverkusen could take from their great end to the previous campaign. A 14-match unbeaten run in the spring had seen them into the UEFA Europa League semi-finals and carried them up to sixth in the Bundesliga. Few could have possibly foreseen that everything would click into place so seamlessly for Die Werkself to rise to the top of the table and stay there with the swagger of real league leaders – putting together another astonishing unbeaten run stretching to 25 matches in all competitions (and counting) this autumn. …”
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