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Xabi Alonso: As it was an inevitable must at this moment, Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso talked about his and his team's mental state. "If I get nervous now, I will be wrecked in May," the 42-year-old Spanish star coach said. "We stay positive despite our first game without a goal; there might be more coming," he added for a reason.

Alonso's message in the first place was a message for his players and Bayern fans containing the fact, that the race for the 2024 German national title is a marathon-like issue.

For the first time, Leverkusen's game turned to laborious while the first flight lead shrank to only two points ahead of rival Bayern Munich. Alonso felt the necessity to keep things calm and easy as he has learned in his career resilience is creating champions, reports Xinhua.