Xabi Alonso sends message to Liverpool,Fans are going to love it

Should Xabi Alonso successfully shake off Bayer Leverkusen’s unkind “Neverkusen” label, it may perhaps lead him back to Anfield.

Liverpool’s executives can’t afford to wait to finalise a contract given Saturday night’s crushing 3-0 humiliation of German champions Bayern Munich, which has placed the high-flying squad led by the Spaniard—who has never won the Bundesliga—in charge of their Bundesliga future

Before Germany’s largest club visited them in the nation’s match of the season, Leverkusen had won 26 of their 30 games this season and scored 90 goals. They are still unbeaten. Their greatest challenger, Bayern, was supposed to be the team that would dash their dreams of winning the crown.

Instead, Alonso’s team easily defeated Thomas Tuchel’s team at the BayArena, outworking and outmanoeuvring them, living up to their moniker “Werkself” and going five points clear at the top of the table. Harry Kane hardly got a kick in the match.

“We did a great job,” said Alonso. “The discipline and compactness of the team was great. The whole performance was great. All players showed top performances. We had enough chances and they had almost no chances.

“I have a great team, great players – I can’t do it alone. We have great energy and that’s the key. There is no secret. The players believe and that’s what we want.”

Ironically, it was defender Josip Stanisic, who was on loan from his parent club, who opened the score for the home team after just 18 minutes of play by converting Robert Andrich’s driven effort from close range.

On his side’s title chances, Alonso added: “We’ll talk in May. We have to be realistic and keep our feet on the ground.”

It is Alonso who has raised the bar in Leverkusen. He is now without a doubt the top choice to take Jürgen Klopp’s place on Merseyside, if he wasn’t already.

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