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But things did not go quite so well for Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen.

Playing fellow Bundesliga outfit Bayern Munich away from home, Harry Kane netted twice, either side of a Jamal Musiala goal, to put Leverkusen three down at the halfway mark in the tie.

Bayer Leverkusen head coach Xabi Alonso and Jonathan Tah during the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 League Phase MD2 training and press conference at BayArena



(Image: Photo by Jörg Schüler/Bayer 04 Leverkusen via Getty Images)

Bayern Munich, now under the stewardship of Vincent Kompany, is eight points clear of current champion Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga table

With 10 games remaining in the German top flight, that is a substantial lead.

Liverpool.com says: It was always going to be a difficult ask for Alonso to win the Bundesliga again having done so last season with Leverkusen

He chose to stay when there was interest from other clubs with the Champions League a big factor in convincing him there was still more to be achieved with the group of players, which he largely kept together.

Bayern Munich was always going to come back in the league title hunt, though Leverkusen has been unfortunate to draw the same team in Europe too